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BROOKS, Maria
- Born
- Staines, Middlesex, England, 1837
- Died
- New York, New York, 1913
- Biography synopsis
- Known for her oil portraits, landscapes, genre, and flower paintings, Maria Brooks studied at the South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools in London. She opened a studio in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, in 1881, and was known to be working in Quebec City in 1886. Sometime after this, she left Canada for the United States, painting in New York in 1889 and 1900. She was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Society of British Artists. Societies with which Brooks exhibited include the Royal Academy (1869-90), the Art Association of Montreal (1883-92), the Royal Canadian Academy (1885-86), the Ontario Society of Artists (1885) and the Brooklyn Art Association (1891-92). Her works were also shown at exhibitions in Charlotte, N.C., and Syracuse, N.Y. (1898), both of which garnered her a medal.
- Media used
- Oil painting
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Education
- South Kensington Art Schools
- Royal Academy, London
- Memberships
- American Water color Society
- Society of British Artists
- File & Archive locations
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Le Journal de Québec. Québec: 16 Jan. 1886: 3
- [An Exhibition of Paintings by] Maria Brooks, February 8-February 29, 1890. 1890
- "Acquisitions, March 2 Through May 3, 1923." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin (Boston, Mass.) Boston: 21. 125 (June 1923): 44
- "Art Awards at Buffalo: A Large Number of Medals Granted by the Jurors." New York Times 7 Aug. 1901: 7
- "Pictures at the Gallery of the Art Association." Gazette (Montreal) 7 May 1842
- "The Royal Academy." Week (Toronto) 2.27 (4 Jun. 1885): 420-22
- "The Society of British Artists." Times (London) 27 Nov. 1883: 10
- American Federation of Arts. American Art Annual, 1903. Washington, DC and New York: American Federation of Arts, 1903
- Bacon, Edgar Matthew, et al. "The Making of Masterpieces." Quarterly Illustrator 1.4 (Oct-Dec 1893): 297-312
- Benezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976
- Dignam, M. E. "Women as Portrait Painters." Saturday Globe (Toronto) 24 Aug. 1895: 1- 2
- Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
- Huneault, Kristina. "Flower-Girls and Fictions: Selling on the Streets." RACAR 23.1-2 (1996): 52-70
- Ledieu, Léon. "Entre-nous." Le Monde Illustré (Montreal) 27 (8 Nov 1884): 210
- Levy, Florence Nightingale, ed. American Art Directory, 1903. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1903
- Mahlstick. "Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition." Week (Toronto) 25 (21 May 1885): 390-91
- Marlor, Clark S. A History of the Brooklyn Art Association with an Index of Exhibitions. New York, NY: James F. Carr, 1970
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts/Académie royale des arts du Canada: Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Art Exhibition. The Oil Paintings - Portraits, Figures and Character Studies." Gazette (Montreal) . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art Association. The Spring Exhibition-A Few More Oil Paintings Mentioned." Mntl Herald & Daily Commercial Gazette . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Art Gallery. Opening of the Spring Exhibition - The Finest Display on Record of Native Art Work." Gazette (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Art Association. Opening Exhibition. Story Pictures and Portraits" Mtl Herald & Daily Commercial Gazette . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) W.. "The Spring Exhibition. Rambling Notes." Gazette (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA.: (Toronto, ) "Canadian Art. The Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. Combined Exhibition. President Wilson and Hon. G.W. Ross Deliver Addresses. The Private View." Globe (Toronto) . p. 6. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, ) "Canadian Art. The Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. Combined Exhibition. President Wilson and Hon. G.W. Ross Deliver Addresses. Private View." Globe (Toronto) . p. 6. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA.: (Toronto, ) "A Look at the Pictures. What our Artists are Doing." Evening Telegram (Toronto) . p.1. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, ) "A Look at the Pictures. What our Artists are Doing." Evening Telegram . p. 1. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, ) Mahlstick.. "Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition." The Week . p. 390-391. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA.: (Toronto, ) "The Royal Academy." The Week (Toronto) . p.420-422. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, ) "The Royal Academy." The Week . p. 420-422. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Ottawa, ) "Royal Academy Exhibition. Second Notice." Ottawa Daily Citizen . p.4. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Ottawa, ) "Royal Academy. Additional Notes on the Exhibition." Ottawa Daily Citizen . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Canadian Art. Spring Exhibition at the Gallery. Montreal Artists to the Fore - A Description of Some of the Pictures." Montreal Star . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Exhibition of Canadian Art. The Opening and Reception Night." Daily Witness (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Seen at the Exhibition. Further Notices of Some of the Pictures. A Pretty Painting by Ahrens." Montreal Herald . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Art Gallery. Further Review of the Exhibition's Pictures." Montreal Herald . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Spring Exhibition. Some Notes and Comments on the Pictures at the Gallery of the Art Association." Gazette (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Art Gallery. Last Words on the Spring Exhibition at the Art Galleries." Daily Witness (Montreal) . p.7. Full-text pdf
