DANIEL BRUSTLEIN
92, a 'Painter's Painter'
Published: July 29, 1996
Daniel Brustlein, a painter who also worked as a cartoonist under
the name of Alain, died on July 14 at his home in Paris. He was 92.
Mr.
Brustlein was born in the Alsatian town of Mulhouse, then held by
Germany, and studied art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva. He
moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1933. Two
years later he began drawing for The New Yorker. His cartoons, signed
"Alain," appeared regularly in the magazine until 1960, when the artist
moved to France.
Considered a "painter's painter," Mr.
Brustlein was known for deftly executed works whose subjects and
delicate paint handling were closely aligned with the School of Paris.
He had his first solo show in New York at the Stable Gallery in 1955.
His
most recent New York exhibition was at the Kouros Gallery in 1988,
where he also held several joint exhibitions with his wife, the painter
Janice Biala, whom he had married in 1953.
He is survived by his wife.
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