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Title: Richard Caldwell Brewer papers
Dates: circa 1970-1990
Collection Number: 2019-71
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 oversized box and works of art
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection includes papers and works of art, including sketches, paintings, and a pair of painted pants, created by Richard
(Dick) Caldwell Brewer (1923-2014). Brewer was a San Francisco-based artist and gay man. Many of his subjects include male
nudes and male portraits. The collection also includes material by and related to Steven Krstich.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Richard Caldwell Brewer papers. Collection Number: 2019-71. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Robert Brokl and Alfred P. Crofts, February 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes papers and works of art, including sketches, paintings, and a pair of painted pants, created by Richard
(Dick) Caldwell Brewer (1923-2014). Brewer was a San Francisco-based artist and gay man. Many of his subjects include male
nudes and male portraits. The collection also includes material by and related to Steven Krstich. Krstich and Brewer lived
together for some time and Krstich often posed for Brewer’s artwork. Around 1970, Krstich’s brother broke into Brewer’s apartment
and slashed the faces off of several of Brewer’s paintings of Krstich. These paintings are included in the collection. GSSO
Linked Terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Art
Gay men