About Joan David

Joan Brambila David (1918 - 2015) was an American illustrator, designer, potter and painter.

 

Joan attended Mills College, Oakland CA (1935 - 1938) on an art scholarship. At the Art Students League in New York, she learned printmaking from Harry Sternberg, painting from Arnold Blanch and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and sculpture from William Zorach.

 

Joan worked as a textile designer in New York during the 1940s and 50s, becoming head of the design department for Vera Neumann, considered an art visionary of her time.  Joan’s textile designs have appeared in numerous venues, including White House draperies, children’s books, and even on a scarf used as the murder weapon in E. A. DuPont’s 1951 movie, “The Scarf.” More recently, Joan’s paintings were seen in Faye Dunaway’s film, “The Temp,” and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Kindergarten Cop.”

In the 1940s Joan married writer and broadcaster Edward David. The Davids, along with their four children, moved from New York to Michigan in the late 1950s. There, Joan studied the chemistry of clay and glazes under William Pitney at Wayne State University at Wayne State University and ceramics under John Foster at Center for Creative Studies. Joan became an accomplished potter, exhibiting in many galleries in the Detroit area and the Detroit Institute of Arts. From 1968-1970, Joan served as president of the Michigan Potters Association.

 

Joan and Ed moved to Astoria, Oregon in the late 1970s, where Joan reestablished her love for painting and printmaking. Her paintings and prints were featured in many one-woman exhibitions, including  Portland Art Museum, White Bird Gallery in Cannon Beach, and the Ricciardi Gallery in Astoria. Her “Tillicum House Overlook” linocut was used as a logo by KMUN National Public Radio in Astoria, Oregon.

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Joan Brambila David (1918 - 2015) was an American illustrator, designer, potter and painter.

 

Joan attended Mills College, Oakland CA (1935 - 1938) on an art scholarship. At the Art Students League in New York, she learned printmaking from Harry Sternberg, painting from Arnold Blanch and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and sculpture from William Zorach.

 

Joan worked as a textile designer in New York during the 1940s and 50s, becoming head of the design department for Vera Neumann, considered an art visionary of her time.  Joan’s textile designs have appeared in numerous venues, including White House draperies, children’s books, and even on a scarf used as the murder weapon in E. A. DuPont’s 1951 movie, “The Scarf.” More recently, Joan’s paintings were seen in Faye Dunaway’s film, “The Temp,” and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Kindergarten Cop.”

 

In the 1940s, Joan married writer and broadcaster Edward David. The Davids, along with their four children, moved from New York to Michigan in the late 1950s. There, Joan studied the chemistry of clay and glazes under William Pitney  at Wayne State University and ceramics under John Foster at Center for Creative Studies. Joan became an accomplished potter, exhibiting in many galleries in the Detroit area and the Detroit Institute of Arts. From 1968-1970, Joan served as president of the Michigan Potters Association.

 

Joan and Ed moved to Astoria, Oregon in the late 1970s, where Joan reestablished her love for painting and printmaking. Her paintings and prints were featured in many one-woman exhibitions, including  Portland Art Museum, White Bird Gallery in Cannon Beach, and the Ricciardi Gallery in Astoria. Her “Tillicum House Overlook” linocut was used as a logo by KMUN National Public Radio in Astoria, Oregon.