Samuel Joseph Brown Jr.

**Samuel Joseph Brown Jr.** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1907 ka daa kpi yuuni 1994) daa nyɛla pɛnta pɛnta ŋun pɛntiri kom binyɛra n-ti pahi shikuru baŋda. ŋun daa nyɛ tuuli  African American nucheeni baŋda so bɛ ni daa kpuɣi ni o tumdi n-tiri Public Works of Art Project,  Work Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Brown nyɛla ŋun pɛntibu tooi nyɛ din jandiri African Americans

O pɛntibu tumanima nyɛla din be "permanent collections"  zaŋ n-ti Philadelphia Museum of Art,  National Gallery of Art n-ti pahi Museum of Modern Art.

## Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Brown nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Wilmington, North Carolina ka o mini o daŋ daa labi Philadelphia yuuni 1917. O ba daa nyɛla "mattress-maker".

O chaŋ la James Logan Elementary School o duri anahi ni, o daa di la o tuuli pini.O daa chaŋ la South Philadelphia High School ka nyɛ ŋun daa tum S. Cohen and Sons.

Brown nyɛla ŋun daa naai o "high" shikuru yuuni 1926 ka daa kpɛ Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (bɛ ni pa mi shɛli saha ŋɔ University of the Arts) ka daa niŋ yuma anahi. O daa naai la yuuni 1930 ka o bɔhimbu yaa da jandi nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili. Brown daa deei Master of Fine Arts equivalent degree shikuru yuli booni University of Pennsylvania.

## Nucheeni tuma sɔli

### Tuuli tuuli tuma nima
Brown zo ŋun gba nyɛ nucheeni baŋda, Dox Thrash, din daa niŋ ka Thrash kpɛ Philadelphia yuuni 1920s bahigu.  Bɛ niriba ayi maa nyɛla ban daa laɣim tumda bin din gbaai yuuni 1920s zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1950s.

Yuuni 1933, o daa niŋ la anfooni zaŋ n-ti NAACP's *The Crisis* magazine. Lala anfooni maa yuli n-daa booni *The Problem*.

## Exhibitions

### Group

* Philadelphia Museum of Art: 1934, 1973
* Public Works of Art Project artist exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art: 1934
* *An Art Commentary on Lynching,* Arthur U. Newton Galleries: 1935.
* Harmon Foundation
* Howard University: 1935 and 1940
* University of Pennsylvania: 1936, 1975
* Federal Art Project exhibition*, New Horizons in American Art* exhibit, Museum of Modern Art and the FAP: 1936
* Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art: 1930, 1934 and 1937
* Museum of Modern Art: 1937
* MOMA's *Three Centuries of American Art*, Paris: 1938.
* Texas Centennial Exposition: 1938.
* *Contemporary Negro Art* at the Baltimore Museum of Art: 1939
* National Forum of Professional Artists, Philadelphia’s Municipal Services Building: 1969
* Philadelphia College of Art: 1973
* African American Museum of Philadelphia: 1980
* Brandywine Workshop: 1989
*Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2014
* *Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon Foundation* at the Newark Art Museum: 1990.
* Woodmere Art Museum: 2015
* *Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks,* Delaware Art Museum

### Solo

* Philadelphia Art Alliance: 1945
* Barnett-Aden Gallery: 1946
* Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia: 1983

## Collections
O tumanima nyɛla din be "collections" zaŋ n-ti  White House, the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art,  Philadelphia Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Woodmere Art Museum, Howard University,  Baltimore Museum of Art,  Museum of Modern Art,  Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia School District,  Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum n-ti pahi Williams College Museum of Art. 

## Teaching career
Brown daa nyɛla nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili karimba zaŋ n-ti Camden, New Jersey shikuru yuuni1930s. Yuuni 1938, o nyɛla ŋun daa be gbansabila karimbanima pia shɛba bɛ ni daa zaŋ tahi Philadelphia School District ka daa lahi leei nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili karimba n-ti Bok Vocational High School. O nyɛla ŋun daa tum Vaux Junior High School pɔi ka daa chaŋ Dobbins Vocational-Technical High School n-ti wuhi yuun pishi ni anu. Brown nyɛla ŋun daa che karimba tali tuma ŋɔ yuuni 1971, o yuun pihita ni ata karimba tali tuma ŋɔ ni nyaaŋa.

## Kundivihira