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Peggy Brook (Margaret) Bacon

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Peggy Brook (Margaret) Bacon (1895 - 1987) was active/lived in New York, Maine, Connecticut.  Peggy Bacon is known for Genre painting, caricature, illustrations.

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 A print maker, illustrator, and author of children's books, Peggy Bacon later turned exclusively to fine art painting in watercolor, pastel, and oil. Her 1934 book of caricatures, Off With Their Heads, established her as a leading satirist.

Much of her work is satirical and lighthearted and frequently a commentary on the New York art world in the 1920s and 1930s. She also chose many ordinary events in the lives of city people, giving these pieces a wry twist.

She was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artist parents, Charles Roswell Bacon and Elizabeth Chase, and spent much time in her youth with her parents seeking painting locations. They visited in Nassau, New Hampshire, France and London, and she also had an opportunity to meet many of her parents' artist friends.

She studied at the Art Student's League between 1914 and 1920. There creating drypoints, first completed in 1919, she was especially influenced by the realistic prints of her teachers John Sl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3351 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Peggy Brook (Margaret) Bacon


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt Style
  • Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Caricatures
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
  • New York City
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Regionalism, Local Scene
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Ogunquit, Maine
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Association
  • Chicago Society of Artists
  • Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
  • Andrew Dasburg
  • George Bellows
  • John Sloan
  • Kenneth Hayes Miller
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • New York School of Applied Design for Women, Student
  • New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Ken Trevey Collection
  • Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Caricature Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography
  • Printmaking Specialty
Artist Colony
  • Ogunquit Artist Colony, Maine
  • Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
  • Kraushaar Galleries, New York
  • Weyhe Gallery, New York City
  • Whitney Studio Club, Later Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Chicago Society of Artists-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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