When Brumbach was asked how he would like to be remembered, he replied, “I don’t think of myself as being remembered as an artist. I think I would rather be thought of as just a good person. I think of the art part as being a gift that I really don’t have too much to do with. Everybody’s got something to work with. They just have to decide to use it or not.”
D. Brumbach, 1991
David Brumbach (b.1948, d.1992) was a lifelong resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. An Honors Graduate of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, he was a part of the uniquely American, Providence art scene during his school years but returned to his beloved Lancaster to establish his art studio. He painted both in the realistic and abstract/ non-objective styles and both were equally accepted, artistically and financially.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RH, 1970
Warwick High School, Lititz, PA
AWARDS
1987, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Visual Fellowship Grant
1979 PA Watercolor Society: Best of Show
1977 American Watercolor Society: Herb Olsen Award
1977 Greater Harrisburg (PA) Arts Festival: M. Louise Aughinbaugh Award
1977 Philadelphia Art Directors Gold Medal Award
1977 Linden Hall School for Girls: Lititz, PA, First Prize
1977 Lancaster Open Awards: Best of Show
1976 Lancaster Open Awards: Best of Show, Henry J. Marshall Award
1973 Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, mixed media
INVITATIONAL SHOWS
1984 “Approaches to Realism”, Marion Art
1984 “Curious Imagery”, Marion Art
1982 “Group Show”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia
1982 “Humorous Art”, Rosenfeld Gallery
1980 “New Talent”, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
SOLO SHOWS
1986-08 Demuth Gallery, Charles Demuth Foundation
1991 Lancaster Galleries: David Brumbach, New Works
1990 Millport Museum and Conservancy: David Brumbach: Recent Works
1988 Millport Museum and Conservancy: Brumbach: Then & Now
1988 Community Gallery: Retrospective Show
1988 New Collaborations: Mixed-Media Collage, with Jerome Hershey
1980-86 Marion Art
1984 Sykes Gallery, Millersville University
1977 Dana Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College
1972,’76 William Ris Gallery
1972 Tremellen Gallery
1970 Carr House Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
POSTHUMOUS SHOWS
2008-09 Demuth Museum: David Brumbach Unbound: Pages From His Book
2006-08 Lancaster Museum of Art: Visions of the Susquehanna: 250 Years of Paintings by American Masters (Traveling Exhibition, PA, MD, NY)
2006 Studio370 Art Gallery, Holliston, MA: David Brumbach, A Long Journey
2001 Demuth Museum: Twentieth Century Bookends, Charles Demuth and David Brumbach
1999 Longwood Gardens: Waterlilies and Plants
COLLECTIONS
Pennsylvania State Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Lancaster Museum of Art
Phillips Museum at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Millport Museum and Conservancy, Lancaster, PA
Lancaster Country Day School
BOOKS
2008 David Brumbach Unbound: Pages From His Book, The Demuth Museum
2006 Visions of the Susquehanna: 250 Years of Paintings by American Masters, Rob Evans
2003 Speaking for Themselves: The Artists of Southern Pennsylvania, Daphne Landis
1996 David Brumbach (1948-1992), Lancaster Museum of Art
1992 David Brumbach: Talent, Paper and Paint, Robert LeMin, Jr.
1983 Artists’ Album/Lancaster County, Gerald S. Lestz
VIDEO
1999 Lilies and Other Visions: David Brumbach, Commissioned by Lancaster Galleries; Produced by Haverstick Films
MAGAZINES
1998 Lancaster County Magazine, November, “Remembering David Brumbach,” pp. 50-53
1991 Appraise, January, “David Brumbach: Where Art Comes From,” pp. 50-52
1986 Diabetes Forecast, November/December, “Artist David Brumbach: Drawing From Life” and “Portrait of Two Artists
