James Brooks Abstract Prints
American, 1906-1992
A painter of both Social Realism and Abstract Expressionism and part of the New York School, James Brooks did many large-scale paintings that expressed a sense of cosmic space as though a high-powered telescope were penetrating space so deeply that one feels the color, the form and the surge of movement. He used much black, so that darkness seemed equal to the other colors of his canvases and conveyed a sense of void amongst floating and colliding bright colors.
In 1926, Brooks moved to New York City and worked as a commercial lettering artist, while taking night classes at the Art Students League from 1927 to 1930. From 1931 to 1934, he traveled and painted in the American West and Southwest, painting in a Social Realist style.
Between 1936 and 1942, he worked on murals for the WPA Federal Art Project including ones for Queensborough Public Library, Woodside Branch Library, and LaGuardia Airport. The LaGuardia mural called Flight, later destroyed, was especially impressive and huge — 12 feet by 235 feet. Brooks served in North Africa as an army artist during World War II, and the end of this service also marked the end of his painting in realistic styles.
In 1949, having observed Jackson Pollock's drip style, Brooks experimented with pouring pigment on the back of un-sized canvas, and became much lauded for his achieving of balance between spontaneity and control. In 1953, he abandoned that technique for much more densely packed, tightly controlled structure resembling Cubism. In the early 1960s, he added linear calligraphy to his painting.
From 1947 to 1975, Brooks taught at various colleges and universities including Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and Cooper Union in New York City, the Art Center in Miami, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1963, he was an artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome and in 1967 had a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Brooks died in East Hampton, New York, in 1992, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease beginning 1985.
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Artist: James Brooks
James Brooks at Martha Jackson gallery (rare Abstract Expressionist poster)
By James Brooks
Located in New York, NY
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James Brooks at Martha Jackson gallery (rare Abstract Expressionist poster), 1972
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Concord
By James Brooks
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Brooks, James
Title: Concord
Date: 1976
Medium: Silkscreen
Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 22
Framed Dimensions: 38" x 30"
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Concord
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A very good impression of this color screenprint on white wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 83/200 in pencil. Printed by Styria Studio, Inc., New York, with the blind stamp lowe...
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By James Brooks
Located in Southampton, NY
Original black and white abstract lithograph on archival paper by the well known American modernist artist, James Brooks. Signed in pencil by the artist and dated 1961 lower right. ...
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Concord, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by James Brooks
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An abstract expressionist composition in bright and cheerful colors. Rather than opt for the moody and dark tone of other expressionists, this print uses almost youthful shades. The ...
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Concord, Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by James Brooks
By James Brooks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Brooks, American (1906 - 1992)
Title: Concord from America: The Third Century Portfolio
Year: 1975
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
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