James Brooks
James Brooks
Born in St. Louis, MO (1906). Attended Southern Methodist University (1923-25). Moved to New York City (1926). Studied at the Art Students League with Kimon Nicolaides and Boardman Robinson (1927-30). Married to Mary MacDonald (1938-42). Served in the United States Army in the Middle East as an Art Correspondent, with headquarters in Cairo and traveled in North Africa, Palestine and Egypt (1942-45). Married the artist Charlotte Park (1947). Died in East Hampton, NY (1992). Museum exhibitions include James Brooks at the Dallas Museum of Art: A Celebration, Dallas, TX (2006); James Brooks Revisited, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY (2000); Rediscovering James Brooks: WPA Murals & Other Figural Works, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (1997); James Brooks: A Retrospective, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (1983); and James Brooks Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1963), traveled to Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Washington Gallery of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.; University of California Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. Selected museum collections include Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper from the 1940s, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
James Brooks: Geometry and Gesture: Selected Works from 1968 – 1979, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2008
James Brooks: A Selection from the Estate from 1952-1980, American
Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany
James Brooks: Work from the 70s, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
James Brooks: Black and White + Color, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2006
James Brooks at the Dallas Museum of Art: A Celebration, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, MO
James Brooks: Variations on a Theme, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Omaggio a James Brooks, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, Italy
James Brooks: A Survey of Small Paintings, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2004
James Brooks Selected Works 1948-1986, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Selected Paintings 1960-85, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2002
James Brooks: Six Decades, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2001
James Brooks: In Retrospect, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
1998
Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Glen Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
1995
Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
1989
Berry Hill Galleries, New York, NY
1988
The Century Association, New York, NY
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
The Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
1986
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1985
'James Brooks Prints' Art Views, East Hampton, NY
1984
Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, NY
1983
Portland Museum of Art, Retrospective, Portland, ME
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
Himmelfarb Gallery, Watermill, NY
1979
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1978
Himmelfarb Gallery, Watermill, NY
Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Himmelfarb Gallery, Watermill, NY
Carrone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1976
Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
Robinson Galleries, Houston, TX
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
Faire Intonational d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1975
Martha Jackson Gallery & Finch College Museum of Art, NY: Retrospective of
Drawings & Paintings, a joint exhibition that traveled to Guild Hall
Museum, East Hampton, NY; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; Grand
Rapids Art Museum, MI; Cranbrook Academy of Fine Arts, Bloomfield
Hills, MI; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Galleria Lorenzelli, Milan, Italy
Cooper Union, New York, NY
1972
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
1971
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
1970
The Century Association, New York, NY
1969
Berenson Gallery, Miami, FL
1968
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
Southampton College, Southampton, NY
1966
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1965
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
1963
Whitney Museum of American Art, Retrospective Exhibition: traveled to: Rose Art
Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Washington Gallery of Contemporary Art, Washington DC; University of California Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California
1962
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
1961
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
1959
Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1957
Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1954
Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1953
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY
1952
Miller-Pollard Gallery, Seattle, WA
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY
1951
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY
1950
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY
Press
James Brooks and Dan Flavin at Greenberg Van Doren
January 11, 2012
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Eye to Eye: An Exhibition Celebrates the Artistic Friendship of James Brooks and Dan Flavin
January 5, 2012
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Ralph Meeker, Or Why I Like James Brooks As Much As De Kooning
February 2010
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