Edmund Walpole Brooke Explained

Edmund Walpole Brooke
Birth Date:13 September 1865
Birth Place:Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Known For:Painting

Edmund Walpole Brooke (18 September 1865 – 1938) was an Australian painter.[1] [2] Born in Melbourne, Brooke moved to Japan in his youth, where his father, John Henry Brooke, was a reporter and director of the Japan Daily Herald.[3] He married a Japanese woman and they had a daughter.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London and the Paris Salon in 1890 and 1891. In 1890, he was a friend of Vincent van Gogh,[4] [5] [6] and joined van Gogh on his plein air painting trips.[7] Research on E. W. Brooke and his connection with van Gogh is being carried out by Tsukasa Kodera, a professor of art history at Osaka University.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmund Walpole Brooke :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online . www.daao.org.au.
  2. News: 19 September 1865. Family Notices. 4. The Argus (Melbourne). 6,018. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 5 June 2021.
  3. News: 1 September 1894. Art Notes. 5. The Sydney Morning Herald. 17,614. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 5 June 2021.
  4. Benfey . Christopher . Is It Like Japan Yet? . 20 December 2018 . The New York Review.
  5. Web site: Van Gogh et le Japon - L'ŒIL - n° 714 . Le Journal Des Arts . fr.
  6. Book: van Tilborgh. Louis. Van Gogh and Japan. Kodera. Tsukasa. Bakker. Nienke. Yale University Press. 2018. New Haven, CT.
  7. Web site: Libbey . Peter . The Hunt for Clarity About van Gogh's Last Days Leads to Maine . The New York Times . 2021-06-04.
  8. Web site: Tsukasa Kodera. 2021-06-14. tsukasakodera.academia.edu.

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