Artist

Alexander Brook

born New York City 1898-died Sag Harbor, NY 1980
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Alexander Brook, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001316
Born
New York, New York, United States
Died
Sag Harbor, New York, United States
Biography

Realist painter. His paintings, mostly still lifes, landscapes and women, were very successful in his day. He won second prize to Picasso's first prize at the Carnegie Institute Inernational Exhibition of Modern Painting in 1930.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (6 items)

Alexander Brook, Portrait of a Young Girl Lying in Bed, ca 1920s-1930s, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Dorothy Varian, 1986.72
Portrait of a Young Girl Lying in Bed
Dateca 1920s-1930s
pencil on paper
Not on view
Alexander Brook, In the Studio, 1942, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.10
In the Studio
Date1942
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Alexander Brook, Peggy Bacon, ca. 1930, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.13
Peggy Bacon
Dateca. 1930
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Alexander Brook, Portrait of Mrs. Emily Wilson, 1954, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wilson, 1971.104
Portrait of Mrs. Emily Wilson
Date1954
oil on canvas
Not on view