Bessie Marsh Brewer
Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952) was a Canadian-American printmaker, painter, sculptor and teacher. She studied at the New York School of Applied Design for Women and at the Art Students League with Robert Henri and John Sloan. She illustrated for Century, Phoenix, Collier's, and St.
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- Name
- Bessie Marsh Brewer
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 1952
- Place of death
- New York City, United States
- Education
- New York School of Applied Design for Women, Art Students League of New York
- Field
- Painter, Printmaker
- Born
- 1884 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- English
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Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952) was a Canadian-American printmaker, painter, sculptor and teacher. She studied at the New York School of Applied Design for Women and at the Art Students League with Robert Henri and John Sloan. She illustrated for Century, Phoenix, Collier's, and St.
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She exhibited at the 1913 New York Armory Show where she showed three drawings, The Furnished Room, Curiosity and Putting Her Monday Name on Her Letterbox. Amongst the aforementioned skills, Bessie Marsh Brewer created in the styles of Realism, Representation, and Naturalism. She was the mother of Sam Pope Brewer, New York Times correspondent whose wife later remarried to Kim Philby.
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• Name — Bessie Marsh Brewer • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Died — 1952 • Place of death — New York City, United States • Education — New York School of Applied Design for Women, Art Students League of New York • Field — Painter, Printmaker
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New York School of Applied Design for Women in commercial art (1922).
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- 1.Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900, G.K. Hall & Co, Boston, Ma, 1985. .
- 2.Marian Wardle, American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910–1945, 2005, 183
- 3.Collier's. 49. 2–5. 1912.
- 4.1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1963 Henry Street Settlement, NY 1963
- 5.askart.com. Bessie Brewer - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Bessie Marsh Brewer.
- 6.Mrs Bessie Brewer. Daily News. 30 Apr 1952, Wed. 504. 1952.
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