Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Anna Brewster was the daughter of noted marine and landscape painter, William Trost Richards whose reputation eclipsed hers. However, she earned a prestigious... Read full biography
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Anna Brewster was the daughter of noted marine and landscape painter, William Trost Richards whose reputation eclipsed hers. However, she earned a prestigious reputation as an active professional artist for fifty-five years. Her early work reflected the tight... Read full biography
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Anna Brewster was the daughter of noted marine and landscape painter, William Trost Richards whose reputation eclipsed hers. However, she earned a prestigious reputation as an active professional artist for fifty-five years. Her early work reflected the tight detailing of her father's style, but as she learned to paint faster, her canvases became looser and looser in style, and many have a warm tonality and atmosphere. She learned painting technique from her... Read full biography
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Anna Brewster was the daughter of noted marine and landscape painter, William Trost Richards whose reputation eclipsed hers. However, she earned a prestigious reputation as an active professional artist for fifty-five years. Her early work reflected the tight detailing of her father's style, but as she learned to paint faster, her canvases became looser and looser in style, and many have a warm tonality and atmosphere. She learned painting technique from her father and by age fourteen was exhibiting at the National Academy in New York City. In 1888, she studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston under Dennis Bunker and later studied in New York with John LaFarge and William Merritt Chase. She studied in... Read full biography
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Anna Brewster was the daughter of noted marine and landscape painter, William Trost Richards whose reputation eclipsed hers. However, she earned a prestigious reputation as an active professional artist for fifty-five years. Her early work reflected the tight detailing of her father's style, but as she learned to paint faster, her canvases became looser and looser in style, and many have a warm tonality and atmosphere. She learned painting technique from her father and by age fourteen was exhibiting at the National Academy in New York City. In 1888, she studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston under Dennis Bunker and later studied in New York with John LaFarge and William Merritt Chase. She studied in Paris at the Academy Julian and then made her home in England for nine years. She also painted throughout Europe, Egypt, Palestine, an... Read full biography
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About Anna Mary Richards Brewster: Books
Books & Publications (33)
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Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland, 1880-1914 (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Stott Annette; Holly Koons McCullough et al
288 pages (color)
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
Art for the New Collector III Re-Emerging American Artists (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Pyle, Amy (Spanierman Gallery)
68 pages (color)
Art for the New Collector II Re-Emerging American Artists (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Editor: Spanierman Gallery
64 pages (color)
American Women Artists, 1819-1947 The Neville-Strass Collection
2003
Strass, Stephanie (Essay)
48 pages (color)
Art for the New Collector 1840-2001 (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Spanierman Gallery
48 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Espana: American Artists and the Spanish Experience (Hollis Taggart Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Boone, M Elizabeth
112 pages (color)
150 Years of Philadelphia Still Life Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Schwarz, Robert Devlin
130 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art
1993
Eitner, Lorenz (others)
418 pages (color)
A Special Exhibition of American Paintings Priced Under $7,500. (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Thiede, Rolf; Carolyn Park, Robert D. Schwarz
72 pages
The Salons of America (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Marlor, Clark S
242 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Anna Richards Brewster (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Hall, Audrey
48 pages
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 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
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
William Cullen Bryant (and the) Hudson River School of Landscape Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nassau County Museum
61 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
The American Artist Abroad (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Kennedy Galleries
75 pages (color)
Women Artists of America 1707-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Gerdts, William H
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index