Daniel Brush was born in
Cleveland, Ohio. He enrolled at the
Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1965, from which he graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1969. He later graduated with a master of fine arts degree from the
University of Southern California. He moved to
New York City in 1977, where he acquired a loft in the
Flatiron District, a former garment factory, which served as his studio and his home until his death. In this new location, he focused his work on metals and jewels. In 1998, the
Renwick Gallery of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum organized the first exhibition of Brush's metalwork. It featured about 60 of his works. He died in New York on November 26, 2022. He was survived by his wife Lynn Alpert (Olivia), whom he had married in 1967, and his son Silla. ==See also==