Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing... Read full biography
Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing lessons with the Queen's grandchildren. She saw her first American Indian when she was age five attending... Read full biography
Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing lessons with the Queen's grandchildren. She saw her first American Indian when she was age five attending a performance in London of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She determined to be an artist, which was counter to her parent's social expectations of her, and she enrolled in the Slade School of Art in... Read full biography
Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing lessons with the Queen's grandchildren. She saw her first American Indian when she was age five attending a performance in London of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She determined to be an artist, which was counter to her parent's social expectations of her, and she enrolled in the Slade School of Art in 1910 and graduated six years later. Titled the "Honorable Dorothy Brett," she also attended University College. She began painting portraits of English celebrities including novelist D.H. Lawrence, and she went to Taos with him and his wife in 1924.... Read full biography
Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing lessons with the Queen's grandchildren. She saw her first American Indian when she was age five attending a performance in London of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She determined to be an artist, which was counter to her parent's social expectations of her, and she enrolled in the Slade School of Art in 1910 and graduated six years later. Titled the "Honorable Dorothy Brett," she also attended University College. She began painting portraits of English celebrities including novelist D.H. Lawrence, and she went to Taos with him and his wife in 1924. It was supposed to be a short visit, but she remained, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1938. She began painting In... Read full biography
Dorothy Eugenie Brett - Artist Info
About Dorothy Eugenie Brett: Books
Books & Publications (41)
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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
Women Artists of the West 1904-2004 (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Eric Firestone Gallery
22 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950
1999
Porter, Dean; Teresa Ebie
400 pages (color)
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Contested Terrain Myth and Meaning in Southwest Art
1996
Udall, Sharyn R
180 pages (color)
New Mexico Art History Conference Abstracts, 1986-1995
1996
White, Robert (Editor)
88 pages
Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all)
304 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art
1993
Ellis, Simone
112 pages (color)
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
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
The American West The Modern Vision
1984
Broder, Patricia Janis
345 pages (color)
The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary
1984
Witt, David L
63 pages
The Santa Fe and Taos Colonies Age of The Muses, 1900-1942
1983
Gibson, Arrell Morgan
305 pages
Brett From Bloomsbry to New Mexico
1983
Highnett, Sean
299 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
D H Lawrence and New Mexico
1982
Sagar, Keith (editor)
108 pages
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
Light & Color Images from New Mexico
1981
Museum of Fine Arts
94 pages (color)
The Art Fever Passages through the Western Art Trade (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Parsons, James
111 pages (color)
Portrait of an Artist A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
1980
Lisle, Laurie
384 pages
The Legendary Artists of Taos
1980
Nelson, Mary Carroll
176 pages (color)
Folk Painters of America
1979
Bishop, Robert
255 pages (color)
The Woman Artist in the American West, 1860-1960
1976
Kovinick, Phil
59 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
School of American Research
41 pages
Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Denver Art Museum
215 pages (color)
Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts
1974
New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art
192 pages (color)
The West Remembered (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Baird, Joseph Armstrong
88 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
A Taos Mosaic
1973
Morrill, Claire
0 pages
Taos and Santa Fe The Artists Environment 1882-1942
1963
Coke, Van Deren
168 pages (color)
American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1950
Metropolitan Museum of Art
60 pages
Taos and Its Artists
1947
Luhan, Mabel Dodge
168 pages
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index