biografía de Walter M. BRACKETT (1823-1919)

Lugar de nacimiento: Unity, ME

Lugar de defunción: Boston, MA

Direcciones: Boston, MA

Profesión: Still-life and portrait painter

Estudios: Self-taught

Exposiciones: Boston Athenaeum (frequently, 1846-69); Boston Art Club (1873-75, 1877-78, 1882-83, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1904); Crystal Palace, London, 1873 (still life of fish); Buckingham Palace, London; Apollo Association (1852), NAD (1860, 1865, 1881); Universal Expo., Vienna (med.); Centenn. Expo., Phila., 1876 (med.).

Asociaciones: Boston Art Club (one of the founders)

Obra: Boston Athenaeum; War Dept., Wash., DC (now in the Pentagon?)

Comentarios: Best known for his accurate still lifes of fish and game, he was a very active part of Boston"s art life. He was the younger brother of the sculptor, Edward A. Brackett (see entry).

Fuentes: G&W; Maine Artists," 5; Art Annual, XXV (1928), 379; Boston BD 1845-59; 8 Census (1860), Mass., XXVIII, 189 (listed as living in Tremont Row with his wife, Maria L., age 32, and their son, Arthur C., age 4, both natives of Mass.); Swan, BA; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Cowdrey, NAD; DAB; Tuckerman, Book of the Artists; WW17; The Boston AC.