Artist
Brenda Putnam
born Minneapolis, MN 1890-died Concord, NH 1975
- Born
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Died
- Concord, New Hampshire, United States
- Active in
- New York, New York, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- 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.