Bessie Marsh Brewer

Bessie Marsh Brewer
Born 1884 (1884)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died 1952 (aged 67–68)
New York City, United States
Nationality Canadian-American
Education New York School of Applied Design for Women, Art Students League of New York
Known for Painting, Printmaking

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.[1] She illustrated for Century, Phoenix, Collier's, and St. Nicholas magazines.[2][3]

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.[4] Amongst the aforementioned skills, Bessie Marsh Brewer created in the styles of Realism, Representation, and Naturalism.[5]

Awards

New York School of Applied Design for Women in commercial art (1922).[2]

See also

List of artists in the Armory Show

References

  1. ↑ Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900, G.K. Hall & Co, Boston, Ma, 1985
  2. 1 2 Marian Wardle, American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910–1945, 2005, 183
  3. ↑ Collier's. 49. Collier's. 1912. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  4. ↑ 1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1963 Henry Street Settlement, NY 1963
  5. ↑ "Bessie Brewer - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Bessie Marsh Brewer". askart.com. Retrieved 2015-03-22.



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