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James Brooks
(
American
, 1906–1992)
James Brooks
Quod,
1961
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Biography
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1906
Born in St. Louis, MO
1923 - 1925
Studied at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1926
Moved to New York City and attended night classes at Art Students League
1936 - 1942
WPA Project with Jackson Pollock and Philip Guston
1947
Instructor of drawing at Columbia University, New York, NY
Married painter Charlotte Park
1992
Died in East Hampton, NY
Exhibitions
2011
Abstract Expressionism: Reloading the Canon, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
After Paradise, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY, curated by Stephanie Buhmann
2010
James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper from the 1940s, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2009
James Brooks: Geometry and Gesture: Selected Works from 1968 – 1979, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2009 In Confluence: James Brooks and Giorgio Cavallon, Jason McCoy Gallery
The Gallery Selection, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany
Collect with us, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
James Brooks. Works from the 7 - Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Black and White + Color - Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
James Brooks: Black and White + Color, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
James Brooks: A Selection from the Estate from 1952-1980, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo)
East End Artists, Past and Present , Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Mostly Black and White, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fall Selections, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Black & White, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany
2008
Peggy Guggenheim e la Nuova Pittura Americana, Arca, Chiesa di San Marco, Vercelli,
2007
September Selections, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Pollock: The Chapala Series 1955-1956, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
James Brooks: Variations on a Theme, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
James Brooks at the Dallas Museum of Art - A Celebration - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
James Brooks - Variations on a Theme - Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Accrochage, Kouros Gallery, November 1 - December 30, New York, NY
Another View: New York School, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY
The Irascibles: on paper, CDS Gallery, November 4 - January 21, New York, NY
James Brooks: A Survey of Small Paintings, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Omaggio a James Brooks - Lorenzelli Arte, Milan (solo)
Artists and Nature in Eastern Long Island: 1940s to Today, Spanierman Gallery
2004
Black & White, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
James Brooks Selected Works 1948-1986 Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2003
Selected Paintings 1960-85, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2002
James Brooks: Six Decades, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001
James Brooks: In Retrospect , Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1993
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
1981
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1976
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1969
Berenson Gallery, Miami, FL
Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
1968
Martha Jackson Gallery, NY, NY
1967
Metropolitan Museum of American Art, NY, NY
1966
Philadelphia Art Alliance
1965
Kootz Gallery, NY, NY
1963
Whitney Museum of Art, NY, NY
1961
Kootz Gallery New York
1950
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY (first solo show)
Selected Collections
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Detroit Institute of Art, Illinois
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Whitney Museum of American Art, NewYork
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Dallas Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
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