BERNARD BRENNER COLLECTION

OVERVIEW

This collection is comprised of 73 sculptures created by Bernard Brenner, plus Mr. Brenner’s paper archives.
These include photographs of many of Mr. Brenner’s sculptures besides those given to WPI, sketchbooks,
drawings and paintings, computer-generated art, and news articles and publications about Mr. Brenner’s work.

Brenner Sculpture

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The materials in this collection span the years 1950-2004. Most of t he sculptures given to WPI were created in
the 1990s, of forged steel. The bulk of the paper collection, including photographs, news clippings and most of
the drawings and paintings, is from the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes 73 pieces of sculpture by
Bernard Brenner. These pieces are listed at the end of this finding aid. The rest of the collection is made
up of biographical materials, primarily about Mr. Brenner’s work, including news clippings and exhibit catalogs;
art work using paints, pastels, charcoal and pencil, ranging from the 1950s-2000s; photographs, negatives and slides,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bernard Brenner was born in Philadelphia in 1927. After serving in the Army Air Force, he graduated from Dakota Wesleyan.
After graduation, Brenner began painting and sculpting full-time. Later he attended graduate school at Temple University,
where he studied clinical psychology. He worked for over 10 years as a clinical psychologist for the Devereaux Foundation,
a school for children with mental disabilities, and during this time conducted studies on the use of art in therapy. He taught
at the University of Pennsylvania and at Drexel University as a professor of the humanities. Bernard Brenner died in
Pennsylvania in 2004.

Most of Bernard Brenner’s sculpture is in cast bronze or forged steel, and was created from the 1950s to the 1990s. His pieces
are abstract and expressionistic. He completed more than two dozen public commissions, exhibited in over a hundred group shows
and had more than 20 one-man shows. Brenner collaborated with other artists, including long working relationships with J. Fuhrman
and Greg Leavitt.

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