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Adele Laure Brunet BIOGRAPHY
1871 Austin, Texas - 1963 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Muralist, portrait painting, costume design, commercial artist.
Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she... Read full biography
Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she won a blue ribbon at the San Antonio Fair. Brunet later studied at the University of Texas and taught... Read full biography
Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she won a blue ribbon at the San Antonio Fair. Brunet later studied at the University of Texas and taught at Kenilworth Hall, a girls school in Austin. In 1914 Brunet and her sister Josephine left Texas for Paris, but landed in New York because of the war in Europe. She remained in New York for 13 years... Read full biography
Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she won a blue ribbon at the San Antonio Fair. Brunet later studied at the University of Texas and taught at Kenilworth Hall, a girls school in Austin. In 1914 Brunet and her sister Josephine left Texas for Paris, but landed in New York because of the war in Europe. She remained in New York for 13 years finding work as a costume designer and illustrator. She eventually studied at the Art Students League and spent one summer at the Art Institute of Chicago. She studied portraiture in New York with Henry Rittenberg and started receiving commissions... Read full biography
Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she won a blue ribbon at the San Antonio Fair. Brunet later studied at the University of Texas and taught at Kenilworth Hall, a girls school in Austin. In 1914 Brunet and her sister Josephine left Texas for Paris, but landed in New York because of the war in Europe. She remained in New York for 13 years finding work as a costume designer and illustrator. She eventually studied at the Art Students League and spent one summer at the Art Institute of Chicago. She studied portraiture in New York with Henry Rittenberg and started receiving commissions from Texas patrons. In 1927 the artist moved to Dallas where she continued to sketch, paint and t... Read full biography
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Adele Laure Brunet, born on August 10, 1871 in Austin, Texas, had early ambitions to be an artist. At the age of ten she studied watercolors with Janet Downie in Austin, and in her early teens she won a blue ribbon at the San Antonio Fair. Brunet later studied at the University of Texas and taught at Kenilworth Hall, a girls school in Austin.
In 1914 Brunet and her sister Josephine left Texas for Paris, but landed in New York because of the war in Europe. She remained in New York for 13 years finding work as a costume designer and illustrator. She eventually studied at the Art Students League and spent one summer at the Art Institute of Chicago. She studied portraiture in New York with Henry R...But wait, there's more...
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