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Brooks, James, 1906-1992

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Personal name headingBrooks, James, 1906-1992
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Variant(s)Brooks, James David, 1906-1992
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1906-10-18
Death date1992-03-09
Place of birthSaint Louis (Mo.)
Place of deathBrookhaven (N.Y.)
Field of activityPainting, American--20th century
AffiliationArt Students League (New York, N.Y.) Art Institute of Dallas Art Institute of Chicago
New York school of art
Profession or occupationArtists
Found inHunter, S. James Brooks, 1963.
James Brooks : selected works 1960-1985, c2003: biog. (b. St. Louis, MO, 1906; studied at Art Students League; d. 1992 East Hampton, NY)
James Brooks, 2023, ©2023: title page (James Brooks) page 11 (one of America's most underrecognized seminal artists, was closely associated with the New York School of Abstract Expressionists) pages 154-160 (James David Brooks, b. Oct. 18, 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, d. March 9, 1992 in hospital of Brookhaven, New York; during 1920-30s, studied with several artists at the Dallas Art Institute, Art Students League, shared a studio with painter Bradley Walker Tomlin in Wookstock, New York, also started exhibitions or included in exhibitions in 1930s, thereafter many solo exhibitions during his life time; in 1957 he won the First Painting Prize and the Logan Medal from the Art Institute of Chicago)