Frank Leonard Brooks
Leonard Brooks | |
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| Born | Frank Leonard Brooks November 7, 1911 Collagist |
| Spouse(s) | Reva (Silverman) Brooks; married 1935 |
| Elected | A.R.C.A., 1939; O.S.A., 1939; C.P.G., C.P.E., Arts and Letters Club, Toronto |
Leonard Brooks (7 November 1911 – 20 November 2011) was a Canadian artist.
Biography
Born in
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Brooks was an accomplished musician. His mother gave him a violin when he was eight years old.
On 12 August 1950 he and his wife Reva, as well as Stirling Dickinson and five other American teachers, were deported from Mexico. The official reason was that they did not have proper work visas but the cause may have been a falling out with the owner of a rival school. Leonard Brooks was eventually able to get the deportation order lifted through his contact with General Ignacio M. Beteta, whose brother Ramón Beteta Quintana was an influential politician at the national level.[4]
Brooks published a number of works on watercolour and oil painting techniques.
He turned 100 on November 7, 2011. He died 20 November 2011 in San Miguel de Allende.[5]
Honours
- Associate Royal Canadian Academy (1939)[6]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-919554-11-5.
- OCLC 144085297.
- ^ Tony (July 21, 2020). "Did You Know? Famous artists pioneer art community in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico". MexConnect. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-8223-4571-8. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ Fine, Philip (January 11, 2012). "Canadian war artist Leonard Brooks, 100, made Mexico his home". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
External links
- A large number of Brooks' collages, paintings, and drawings at Rumi Art Galleries.
- Several of Brooks' instructional books are available to read at the Internet Archive.
- Brief biography of Brooks at the Canadian War Museum.
- August 2006 filmed interview with Brooks.
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