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Fred Brian: Lake Gogebic Memories and Myths

Presented by NMU - DeVos Art Museum at DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University, Marquette MI

Sep 21 2023
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Mar 01 2024
Fred Brian: Lake Gogebic Memories and Myths

Fred Brian Exhibition

Thursday, September 21, 5:30 pm – Please join us for a reception and an introduction to the exhibition by Holle Brian.

A World War II pilot, fisherman, artist, printmaker, and educator, Fred B. Brian’s many roles relied on keen observation. While born in Normal, Illinois, in 1924, Brian found creative inspiration in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Summers at the family’s cabin in the Ottawa Forest on Lake Gogebic feature prominently in his work. Brian translates childhood observations into narrative artwork. Stories swapped at the kitchen table and surreal memories of his father placing a fishing boat into the living room for winter storage are the basis of personal myths in his black and white woodcut ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

Free Admission

LOCATION

DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University

Corner of 7th Ave. and Tracy Ave., Marquette, MI 49855

PARKING INFO

Free parking can be found in front of the main entrance of the museum.

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