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JAMES BROOKS
A Retrospective Exhibition
April 29 - June 8, 1975

A major retrospective of paintings and works on paper by James Brooks will be on view at the Contemporary Wing of Finch College Museum of Art. For almost half a century Brooks has been part of the New York art scene making contributions as both a painter and a teacher. Born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1906, Brooks first attended Southern Methodist Univ. majoring in art, then the Dallas Art Institute and [[strikethrough]] then [[/strikethrough]] later studied with Martha Simkins, a [[former pupil?]] student of William Merritt Chase. Arriving in New York in 1926, Brooks attended night classes at the Art Student's League while supporting himself (during the day) by [[?]] lettering for advertisements. During the feverish thirties, his artistic and intellectual circle [[strikethrough]] of friends [[/strikethrough]] included Walker Bradley Tomlin, Philip Guston and Jackson Pollack. By 1934, he had already participated in group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, various midtown galleries and won first prize at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. After being awarded three WPA Art Projects in the New York area, Brooks' reputation as a social realist painter was established and the completion of Flight, a major mural at the Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Airport brought forth such acclaim such as the Sunday New York Times' review which called it "One of the most satisfactory murals on so vast a scale thus far produced by American artists". After spending the war years in the army, Brooks style underwent a radical change and he emerged in the later 1940's as one of the small group of artists

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Where it says former pupil, is that supposed to be inserted between 'in art,' and 'Dallas Art Institute'?