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Maurice Braun  American  1877 -1941  fl (1877-1941)
Born:  Nagy Bittse, Hungary 
Died: San Diego, California, United States 
Studied: National Academy of Design 1897-1900
Instructors: William Merritt Chase 
Exhibited: National Academy of Design 
Carnegie Institute 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Detroit Museum of Art 
Art Institute of Chicago 
Examples of Work: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
San Antonio Museum Association, Texas 
San Diego Museum of Art 
Art Association, Wichita, Kansas 
Los Angeles Women's Athletic Club 
Los Angeles Commercial Club 
Municipal Collection, Phoenix, Arizona 
Riverside and San Bernardino, California 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Impressionism
Southern California Landscape School
Subjects Known For: Portraits
Figural
Landscapes
Memberships: California Art Club 
Laguna Beach Art Association 
Salmagundi Club, New York 
San Diego Fine Arts Association 
Teaching Positions: San Diego Fine Arts School 
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BIOGRAPHY:
Maurice Braun
Born Hungary, 1877
Died California, 1941

At the age of four, Maurice Braun and his family left their home in Hungary for the United States, settling in New York City. After protesting an apprenticeship with a jeweler, the teenage Braun was gi... (More)


Braun was born in Nagy Bittse, Hungary on October 1, 1877. Braun immigrated to the United States in 1881 and settled in New York City. He began drawing at age three and in his early teens was apprenticed to a jeweler. In 1897... (More)

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