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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Books & Publications (11)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Eyes of Texas: The Bill and Mary Cheek Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Grauer, Michael R and E. Harvey
44 pages (color)
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies