By the Sea
Type:Painting
Size:30.00" x 22.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Classic Leo Brooks. Framed. From the artist's estate.
Leo Brooks ART FOR SALE
1909 New York City - 1993 New York City. Known for: Still life and landscape painting (Monhegan Island), photography.
Leo Brooks (1909-1993). Leo Brooks was born in New York City and was a linotype operator for the New York Times as well as a photographer for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Examples of his... Read full biography
Leo Brooks (1909-1993). Leo Brooks was born in New York City and was a linotype operator for the New York Times as well as a photographer for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Examples of his WPA photography are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan... Read full biography
Leo Brooks (1909-1993). Leo Brooks was born in New York City and was a linotype operator for the New York Times as well as a photographer for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Examples of his WPA photography are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. When he was in his 60s, he took up watercolor painting and began visiting Monhegan during summers away from the city. His "loaded brush," a brush heavy with water and pigment,... Read full biography
Leo Brooks (1909-1993). Leo Brooks was born in New York City and was a linotype operator for the New York Times as well as a photographer for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Examples of his WPA photography are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. When he was in his 60s, he took up watercolor painting and began visiting Monhegan during summers away from the city. His "loaded brush," a brush heavy with water and pigment, became a hallmark of his colorful work. Representative in approach, he painted still lives and landscapes and familiar activities such as the fishing that is the lifeblood of Monhegan, yet he was very loose and expressive in his treatment of these... Read full biography
Leo Brooks (1909-1993). Leo Brooks was born in New York City and was a linotype operator for the New York Times as well as a photographer for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Examples of his WPA photography are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. When he was in his 60s, he took up watercolor painting and began visiting Monhegan during summers away from the city. His "loaded brush," a brush heavy with water and pigment, became a hallmark of his colorful work. Representative in approach, he painted still lives and landscapes and familiar activities such as the fishing that is the lifeblood of Monhegan, yet he was very loose and expressive in his treatment of these everyday occurrences, to the point of endowing them with excitingly abstract qualities. Even his nudes,... Read full biography
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