Daniel Brush - The Art of Line and Light

Daniel Brush Exhibition The Art of Line and Light, presented at the School of Jewellery Arts, Paris (8 June–4 October 2026).

An intellectual and obsessive collector, the American Daniel Brush (1947–2022) was an unclassifiable artist, disconcerting yet fascinating. Originally a painter, it was whilst sculpting the gold wedding ring for his future wife, Olivia, that he discovered a passion that would sustain him throughout his life: jewellery and goldsmithing.

Based in a New York loft in the late 1970s, he spent fifty years meticulously and patiently sculpting steel, aluminium, copper and gold, wielding his tools with perfect dexterity. A true alchemist. Brush firmly believed in the connection between mind, heart and hand. Thus, he never prepared anything in advance, never made any sketches, but worked directly on the material, letting himself be carried away. Sometimes set with precious stones, each of his pieces is unique, refined and delicate. He sought to capture and chisel the light, hoping thereby to evoke an intense emotion in the observer.

Following the example of this new exhibition dedicated to him by the École des Arts Joailliers, Beaux Arts Éditions presents this self-taught artist with golden fingers, who remains all too little recognised, showcasing the incredible diversity of the techniques he explored and deciphering his sources of inspiration – from Noh theatre to Monet, via Etruscan art and Boucheron.