James Brooks (painter)
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| James Brooks | |
| Born | 1906 St. Louis, Mo. |
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| Died | 1992 (age 86) Brookhaven, NY |
| Occupation | Abstract Expressionist Painter |
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[edit] Biography
James Brooks (October 18, 1906 – March 9, 1992) was an American muralist, abstract painter and winner of the Logan Medal of the Arts. Brooks was a friend of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner on Eastern Long Island. In 1947 he married artist Charlotte Park. Considered a first generation abstract expressionist painter, Brooks was amongst the first abstract expressionists to use staining as an important technique. According to Carter Ratcliff[1] "His concern has always been to create painterly accidents of the kind that allow buried personal meanings to take on visibility." In his paintings from the late 1940s Brooks began to dilute his oil paint in order to stain the mostly raw canvas. These works often combined calligraphy and abstract shapes. Brooks had his first one-man exhibition of his abstract expressionist paintings in 1949 at the Peridot Gallery in New York.
[edit] Studied
- 1923-1926: Southern Methodist University; Dallas Art Institute and with Martha Simkins.
- 1927-1930: The Art Students League of New York, New York City; night classes with Kimon Nicolaides and Boardman Robinson.
Brooks worked as a commercial letterer and display artist to support himself.
[edit] Participated in the Federal Art Project (WPA)
1936-1942 Brooks executed murals: Queens Paublic Library (since demolished), NY; Marine Art Terminal, La Guardia Airport, Flight (restored 1980), NY and Post Office, Little Falls, New Jersey.
[edit] Teaching positions
- 1947-1948: Columbia University, NY
- 1948-1955: Pratt Institute
- 1955-1960: Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1963: Artist-in-residence at the American Academy, Rome, Italy
- 1965-1967: New College, Sarasota, FL
- 1966: Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
- 1966-1969: Queens College, NY
- 1971-1972: University of Pennsylvania
- 1975: Cooper Union, New York City
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Art International, February, 1973. pp 38-39
[edit] Books
- Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6
- James Brooks (1906 -1992): Mounted Policeman (New York Policeman). Mark Borghi Fine Art Inc. Retrieved on June 8, 2005.
[edit] Article
- Sandler, Irving H. "James Brooks and the abstract inscape", ARTnews (New York: Art Foundation, 1963) OCLC: 54034429
[edit] External links
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