Manuel Bromberg was born in Centerville, Iowa in 1917. He was educated in the Cleveland, Ohio and attended Cleveland public schools. Bromberg studied at The Cleveland School of Art and The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, where he painted murals for the Works Progress Administration.In April 1942 he entered the Army and was ...
MoreManuel Bromberg was born in Centerville, Iowa in 1917. He was educated in the Cleveland, Ohio and attended Cleveland public schools. Bromberg studied at The Cleveland School of Art and The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, where he painted murals for the Works Progress Administration.In April 1942 he entered the Army and was appointed to the War Artists Unit in 1943, where he painted, sketched, and drew the European theater. His graphic record of the war, published in LIFE, the New York Times, and other periodicals, earned him the U.S. Army's Legion of Merit in 1945.After his discharge, Bromberg won a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for creative painting in 1946. He became head of the Art Department of Salem College in Winston-Salem, then in 1949 joined the faculty of the School of Design at North Carolina State College. He remained at NC State until 1954; during this time, he created a mural for the Erdahl-Cloyd Student Union.
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