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JAMES BROOKS

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, 1906. Studied: Southern Methodist University, Dallas Art Institute; Art Students League. Teaching: Columbia University, 1946-48; Pratt Institute, 1948-59; Yale University, 1955-60; American Academy in Rome, 1962-63. One Man Exhibitions: Peridot Gallery, 1949, 50, 51, 53; Miller-Pollard Gallery, Seattle, 1952; Area Arts Gallery, San Francisco, 1953; Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1954; Stable Gallery, 1956, 57, 59; Kootz Gallery, 1961, 62; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1963; Brandeis University, 1963; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1963; University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Selected Group Exhibitions: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1935; Museum of Modern Art, 1936, 51, 56, 58; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950, 55, 64; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, 1952, 55, 61; Guggenheim Museum, 1954, 61; Art Institute of Chicago, 1957, 62; Documenta II, Kassel, 1959. Awards: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts First Prize, 1935; Pittsburgh International Fifth Prize, 1952; Art Institute of Chicago, First Prize and Logan Medal, 1957; Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, 1961.

DWAR, oil, 48x42, 1962, Collection of Charlotte Park