Micro Mosaic Side Table by Bay Area Artist Margaret Bruton Circa 1940

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Micro Mosaic Side Table by Bay Area Artist Margaret Bruton Circa 1940

About the Item

An extraordinary and unique one of a kind work of mosaic art. Multi colored glass and stone set in concrete. The directional compass cardinals, sun, moon, and geometric forms are all trimmed in brass. Monogrammed or signed with initials MB Margaret Bruton. (Please see below biography for this important artist.) Recently cleaned and refreshed, the base has been recently repainted. In excellent condition. Margaret Bruton (1894-1983) Margaret Bruton was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 20, 1894. The Brutons settled in the San Francisco Bay area where she grew up. Margaret attended public schools in Alameda with her younger sisters, Helen and Esther, who would also become artists. In 1913 she began studies at the San Francisco Institute of Art under Frank Van Sloun. Receiving a scholarship later allowed for four years of further study at the Art Student's League of New York under Frank Vincent DuMond and Robert Henri. Later, afetr her return to California and two years of work at a San Francisco hospital during World War I, she resumed her art career in Alameda. She then began studying with Armin Hansen in Monterey, California and in 1924 the entire Bruton family relocated there. The Bruton sisters traveled to Europe in 1925, visiting galleries in England, France and Italy, after which Margaret remained in Paris for study at Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. Upon her return to the U.S., Margaret maintained her residency in Alameda for many years, with frequent visits to Monterey and sketching excursions elsewhere. Finally, in 1944, she and Helen moved permanently to Monterey. Margaret's first western works were of Northern California landscapes. She displayed them, along with European studies, in her first solo exhibition at the Galerie Beaux-Arts, San Francisco in 1927. She traveled to Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1929, Virginia City, Nevada in 1933 to sketch the old ghost towns, and to Palm Springs, California in 1936-1937. Essentially an oil painter, her portraits, figures, and genre won many prizes and medals from the early 1920s in Northern California shows. By 1938 Margaret turned to mosaics and other materials. In collaboration with Helen and Esther, her most notable achievements were "Peacemakers," a mural measuring 57 x 144 feet for the Court of Pacifica at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, and a series of twenty-two large mosaic and terrazzo maps of battle zones in the Pacific Theater, for the World War II cemetery in Manila, Philippines, which was dedicated in 1960.

Dimensions:
Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Diameter: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Glass,Metal,Stone,Hand-Crafted,Inlay,Mosaic
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Early to Mid 20th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU812827993982