Artist

Brenda Putnam

born Minneapolis, MN 1890-died Concord, NH 1975
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Brenda Putnam, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002081
Born
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died
Concord, New Hampshire, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Brenda Putnam studied art at the Boston Museum School of Art from 1905 until 1907. She also studied in Florence, Italy, and worked as a Works Progress Administration artist in the 1930s. In 1946, Congress commissioned Putnam to design a gold medal for World War II chief of naval operations, Admiral Ernest J. King.