biografía de Alexander BROOK (1898-1980)

Lugar de nacimiento: Brooklyn, NY

Lugar de defunción: Sag Harbor, LI, NY

Direcciones: Savannah, GA; Sag Harbor, NY

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: ASL, 1914; also with Kenneth Hayes Miller.

Exposiciones: S.Indp.A.; AIC, 1929 (prize); PAFA, 1931-66 (Temple Gold Medal, 1931; Beck Medal, 1948); CI, 1930 (prize), 1939 (prize); LACMA, 1934 (prize),1954 (first prize); Corcoran Gal, 1930-51; Am. Sect. Int. Expo., Paris, 1937 (gold); WMA, 1938 (prize, American painting); SFAA, 1938 (med.); City AM, St. Louis, MO, 1938; Salons of Am.; WMAA, 1924-1950; Larcada Gallery, NYC, 1970s.

Asociaciones: Woodstock Artists Assoc.

Obra: WMAA; MMA; AIC; Gallery Living Art, NY; Albright Art Gal.; USPO Dept., Wash., DC; CI; BMFA; CGA; Woodstock Artists Assoc.

Comentarios: WPA artist. Preferred media: oils. Married to Peggy Bacon (see entry) from 1920-1940; they were important members of the artist's colony in Woodstock, NY. Known for his realism, he painted still lifes, landscapes and figures. He married Gina Knee (see entry) in 1945. Position: teacher, Otis Art Inst., Los Angeles, late 1930s and early 1940s.

Fuentes: WW73; WW47. More recently, see Woodstock's Art Heritage, 60-61; Hughes, Artists in California, 72; addit. info. courtesy Woodstock Artists Assoc.