Maria Matilda Brooks Explained

Maria Matilda Brooks
Birth Place:Staines, England
Death Place:New York, New York
Nationality:American
Education:South Kensington Art School, Royal Academy Schools
Field:Painting

Maria Matilda Brooks (1837 – November 16, 1913) was a British-born American painter.

Biography

Brooks was born in 1837 in Staines, England.[1] She studied art in London at the South Kensington Art School and the Royal Academy Schools. She briefly lived in Canada, in Montreal and Quebec City, before moving to New York.[2]

Brooks exhibited her work in the rotunda and the Board Room of the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

She died in New York on November 16, 1913, after being struck by an automobile.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: McMann . Evelyn de Rostaing . Biographical index of artists in Canada . January 2003 . University of Toronto Press . 0802027903 . 32 .
  2. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 24 December 2018.
  3. News: Woman R.A. Killed . . New York . 4 . 1913-11-19 . 2020-03-24 . Newspapers.com.