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Charles Brady (other)
Charles Brady may refer to: * Charles Brady (artist) (1926–1997), American-born painter in Ireland * Charles E. Brady, Jr. Charles Eldon Brady Jr. (August 12, 1951 – July 23, 2006) was an American physician, a captain in the United States Navy and a NASA astronaut. He spent 16 days in space on the Space Shuttle's STS-78 flight in 1996. Brady specialized in spor ... (1951–2006), American physician and NASA astronaut See also * {{hndis, Brady, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brady (artist)
Charles Brady (27 July 1926–1 August 1997) was an American painter who was born and trained in New York and spent most of his life in Ireland. Charles Brady was in the US Navy in World War II; he did mundane jobs after returning from war and took night classes in drawing. In 1948 he entered the Art Students League of New York and took a yearlong course. After art school he continued to paint, beginning to exhibit in the early 1950s and at the same time working to support himself, mostly in menial hotel jobs, but also for a while as guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He had his first solo exhibition in the Urban Gallery in 1955 but felt at this time that his life was becoming too confused; As he wrote later: ″I was really lost. I wasn't capable of living that way - the very late nights, the heavy drinking, the carousing, the women - I couldn't seem to get my life together.″John O'Regan (ed.), ''Works 9 - Charles Brady''. Dublin: Gandon Editions, 1993. To escape, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |