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Richard Brooke

Richard Norris Brooke (1847 - 1920) was active/lived in District Of Columbia.  Richard Brooke is known for Genre, portrait, landscape and figure painting.

The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given).  Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information.

The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken word."  His studio was "an immaculate room, the almost fastidious neatness of the man himself, the sensitive, large white hands that gleamed in the half light, told almost as much of the inner man as any careful study."  He was 67 years old, but "his laugh was as spontaneous and infectious as a young boy's."

Of his life he said: "I was born in Warrenton, VA, and have always made my home there as much as I could ever since.  When I was nine   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4802 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Richard Brooke in 1 of its research Essays. Richard Brooke has 7 artist signature examples available in our database.

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