Fanny Brice, Bill Brice (5 yrs-old), and sister, Frances, ca. 1926 I was worried about Bill when he was young – he never used to talk. Fanny Brice Speaking of her son, William (Bill) Brice Interview Recording, ca. 1950 Bill Brice was born into complicated circumstances. As a little boy, one might have wondered [...]
Brice teaching at the Jepson Art Institute, Los Angeles, just before accepting a position as Acting Assistant Professor at UCLA in 1954. I was fortunate by personal inclination to find teaching appropriate for me…It was a way for me to do something that I really believe in very strongly, which has to do with participating [...]
I have tended to live in such a way that I could concentrate and that I could, in a sense, immerse myself in what I was doing. My accompanying activity was teaching...[It] was a way for me to do something that I really believe in very strongly, which has to do with the participation in [...]
Brice drawing in his studio a his mother's ( Fanny' Brice) home, ca. late-1940's Drawing is a continuous activity for me. Increasingly I feel that I want to act upon any idea or image that passes through my mind. I want to grasp it, to mark it. I also find that one drawing begets another, [...]
Howard F. Fox, William Brice 2010-11 Drawing Exhibition, LA Louver Gallery. …In the final analysis, William Brice remains a singular practitioner, a unique creative eminence within the galaxy of late modern art, astutely aware of his contemporaries’ endeavors and accomplishments, yet ever following his own intellect and intuition. He undertook a personal journey in his [...]