Bessie Marsh Brewer | |
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Born | 1884 |
Died | 1952 (aged 67–68)
New York City, United States |
Nationality | Canadian-American |
Known for | Painter, Printmaker |
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]
She was the mother of Sam Pope Brewer, New York Times correspondent whose wife later remarried to Kim Philby. [6]
New York School of Applied Design for Women in commercial art (1922). [2]
List of artists in the Armory Show