Focus on Deflected Jets and explain the Artist.
Brink was born in Düsseldorf in 1913, and worked at his uncle's stained glass studio after emigrating to Wisconsin in 1913. After a semester at Columbia University (1931) and a three-year apprenticeship, he attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf from 1934 to 1939. Here he was very inspired by the work of Paul Klee. Being drafted immediately upon graduation, Brink fought on the Russian and Italian fronts (1940–45). After the war ended, Brink became a landscape painter and emigrated to New York City with his wife Ello; he spent 1952 studying with a fellowship at the Académie des Beaux-Arts Matiers d'Art in Paris. Shortly after, they moved to Milwaukee for Brink to pursue stained glass work. Here he worked at Conrad Schmitt Studios, and eventually became a faculty member of the Layton School of Art. When the school closed in 1974, Brink delved into three-dimensional work, taking advantage of Milwaukee's great wealth of fabricating and manufacturing plants. He became an artist in residence at Super Steel Products Corporation, and would stay there for more than 20 years. "His works seem to be influenced by the experience of growing up between two world wars in the battlegrounds of Europe. He sought mental equilibrium in torn world."Brink's work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world, including outside Lapham Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and in the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee's Third Ward.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Académie des Beaux-Arts Matiers d'Art Layton School of Art landscape painter Conrad Schmitt Studios Paul Klee Tory Folliard Gallery Académie des Beaux-Arts Milwaukee Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf Columbia University