Background
Brcin, John David was born on August 15, 1899 in Gracac, Yugoslavia. Son of David and Milica (Kesich) Brcin.
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John David Brcin
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President education, gymnasium, Gracac. Came to the United States, 1913. Student Valparaiso University, 1961-1917.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1946.
Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1930.
Career
Instructor modeling and drawing Minneapolis School Art, 1922-1923. Head of sculpture department Layton School Art, Milwaukee, 1923-1924. Instructor modeling Rockford (Illinois) College, 1934-1936.
Principal works: Mark Twain (owned by City of Chicago).
Caroline (owned by Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio). Portrait bust of Judge Elbert H. Gary for Gary Commerical Club.
Memorial tablet to Newton, Mann, 1st Unitarian Church of Omaha. Rudulph Hering Medal for American Society of Civil Engineers.
Memorial tablet to Benjamin Franklin Lounsbury, Washington Boulevard Hospital, Chicago.
Sculpture for Joslyn Memorial Art Museum, Omaha, (home of Symphony Orchestra of Omaha). Monument to Cyrus Hall McCormick, campus of Washington and Lee University. Monument to Governor Henry Homer, Grant Park, Chicago.
Stephen Decatur Monument for Decatur, Illinois, heroic portrait bust of Stepehn Decatur for United States Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Bust of Mark Twain for North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. Exhibited at National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Detroit Institute Arts, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, California Palace of Legion of Honor, Brooklyn Museum, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, Dayton The Art Institute of Chicago, White Memorial Museum, San Antonio, John Herron The Art Institute of Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago.
Represented in permanent collections University of Illinois, Roosevelt University, Pioneer Museum Art, Stockton, California, Evansville (Indiana) Museum Arts, various public schools Bryan Lathrop European traveling fellow The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1920, certificate of merit, 1922, Mistress John C. Shaffer prize, 1923, William Mont Rose French memorial gold medal, 1926 Municipal Art League portrait prize, 1945. Catherine Barker Spaulding prize, Hoosier Salon, Hickox prize, 1936.
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Club: Cliff Dwellers.
Connections
Married Blanche Elizabeth Moore, June 14, 1923.
