- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Georgia Jungle Study
- Creator:
- Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
- Date of Original:
- 1898/1980
- Subject:
- Artists' preparatory studies--Georgia--Savannah
Women--Georgia--Savannah
African American women--Georgia--Savannah
Art--Georgia--Savannah
Drawing--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Alexander Brook's undated sketch of a woman living in the Yamacraw district of Savannah was used for the central figure in the foreground of his finished work, Georgia Jungle. Brook was awarded first prize at the Carnegie International exhibition for the painting in 1939.
Image of artist Alexander Brook's undated sketch of a woman living in the Yamacraw district of Savannah, Georgia. The woman, shown from the back, wears a long dress and crosses her arms. This was used for the central figure in the foreground of his finished work, Georgia Jungle. Brook was awarded first prize at the Carnegie International exhibition for the painting in 1939.
Brook was a leader among New York City's mainstream figurative painters during the 1930s. Trained in the American realist tradition of painting, Brook's landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes are largely devoid of overt or hidden social meaning and are characterized by subdued colors and strong, weighty shapes. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alexander-brook-1898-1980/m-10769/
- Original Collection:
- Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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