Born on the Lower East Side of New York City, Brodie was essentially a self-taught painter (though he was welcomed by Hans Hofmann to Friday night criticism sessions at his school.)
Initially inspired to become an artist by seeing Van Gogh, Picasso, and Klee at MOMA, he rose to prominence in the mid 1950s when he was included in a number of important group exhibitions at Kootz Gallery and the Stable Gallery. Thomas Hess included Brodie's work in his seminal 1956 article on the second generation of the New York School. Brodie's most imnportant critical supporter was Meyer Schapiro who praised him as "one of the best painters of his generation." Brodie started his own Gandy Brodie School of Art in Vermont. He passed away prematurely in 1975. Brodie's work is included in the collections of MOMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art among others. (Bio by Steven Harvey)

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