Fonds F1723 - Leonard and Reva Brooks fonds

Bereich 'Titel und Anmerkung zur Verantwortlichkeit'

Haupttitel

Leonard and Reva Brooks fonds

Allgemeine Werkstoffbezeichnung

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Fonds

Bereich "Edition"

Edition statement

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Class of material specific details area

Angaben zum Maßstab (kartografisch)

Angaben zur Projektion (kartografisch)

Angaben zu Koordinaten (kartografisch)

Angaben zum Maßstab (architektonisch)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Bereich "Entstehungszeitraum"

Datum/Laufzeit

  • 1918-[200-?] (Anlage)
    Urheber/Bestandsbildner
    Brooks, Reva
  • 1918-[200-?] (Anlage)
    Urheber/Bestandsbildner
    Brooks, Leonard

Bereich 'Physische Beschreibung'

Physische Beschreibung

10 m of textual records and other material

Publisher's series area

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Bereich "Archivische Beschreibung"

Name des Bestandsbildners

(1913-2004)

Biographische Angaben

Leonard and Reva Brooks are noted Canadian artists who have lived and worked in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, since their arrival there in 1947.

Reva Brooks was born in Toronto 10 May 1913, and was educated at Dovercourt Public School, Central High School of Commerce, Central Technical School, Toronto, and took courses at the University of Toronto. She married Leonard Brooks on 18 October 1935. A noted photographer, Reva Brooks' works have been exhibited in Toronto, Montreal, London, and Vancouver Galleries; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Anglo-Mexican Institute, Mexico; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; Dartmouth College; Group Show Creative Photography, 1956; Salon International du Portrait Photographique, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 1961; Grands Photographes de Notre Temps, Versailles, 1962; Expo 67, Montreal; Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico, 1970; Centro Cultural Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Casa de Cultra Aguascalientes, Mexico; Universidad de Guanajuato; Travelling Exhibition USA, 1971; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1972. Her works are represented in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artas, Mexico; David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico; Rufino Tamayo, Mexico; Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles; John Huston, Ireland; MacKinley Helm Collection, Santa Barbara; Ansel Adams, Carmel, California; Ayala and Samuel J. Zacks, Toronto; Helen Hayes, New York; Kate Simon, New York; Henry Miller, California; Freeman Tovell, Ottawa. Reva Brooks died in San Miguel de Allende on 25 January 2004.

Name des Bestandsbildners

(1911-2011)

Biographische Angaben

Leonard and Reva Brooks are noted Canadian artists who have lived and worked in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, since their arrival there in 1947.

Leonard Brooks was born in London, England, 7 November 1911 and came to Canada in 1912, where he attended public and high schools in North Bay, Ontario. From there he studied at Central Technical School and the Ontario College of Art, in Toronto. During 1932-34, he travelled and painted in England, France, and Spain, and exhibited in London and Barcelona. On 18 October 1935, he married Reva Silverman, daughter of Morris and Jennie (Klein) Silverman, in Toronto. He then entered the Ontario Teachers' Training College, Hamilton and beginning in 1937 he taught art at the Northern Vocational School, Toronto. During World War II (1943-45), he served with the R.C.N.V.R. as a Lieutenant; and in 1944 he was appointed an Official War Artist. In 1947 he went to Mexico where he attended the Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, taking courses in lithography and fresco. Thereafter, the Brooks resided in San Miguel. Leonard also instructed on the art of painting at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Doon School of Art, Ontario; University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas; and Wells College, Aurora, New York. He has exhibited in Canada, England, and the United States, and his works hang in galleries around the world, including the National Gallery, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City. He is also the author of several authoritative texts on painting and has been a prime mover in establishing a musical presence in San Miguel.

Bestandsgeschichte

Eingrenzung und Inhalt

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, subject files, Arts and Culture files, audio and video tapes, sketches; architectural drawings; and the diary of Reva Brooks, which give an idea of the richness and active nature of their lives. The correspondence covers several continents geographically, and several decades of time. Topics range widely, and include numerous references to North American and Mexican arts and culture. Photographs of Leonard Brooks World War II art are included.

Bereich "Anmerkungen"

Physischer Zustand

Abgebende Stelle

Donated by Leonard and Reva Brooks - 1991, 1992, 1993; Ms. Karen Close, 2004; and Dr. John Virtue, 2014.

Ordnung und Klassifikation

In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache

  • Englisch

Schrift in den Unterlagen

Aufbewahrungsort der Originale

1002.15 SE5046.150985107.15123.1F5 A9F5 E9F5 E10F5 F10MI 134SR1166.1-SR1166.8SR1189

Verfügbarkeit anderer Formate

Zugangsbeschränkungen

Open

Bestimmungen, die die Benutzung, Reproduktion und Veröffentlichung regeln

Copyright provisions apply to all unpublished correspondence, please see archivist.

Verbundene Materialien

Verwandte Materialien

Zuwächse

No further accruals are expected

Allgemeine Anmerkung

Partial

Alternative Identifikatoren/Signaturen

Bereich "Standardnummern"

Standardnummer

Zugriffspunkte

Zugriffspunkte (Thema)

Zugriffspunkte (Ort)

Zugriffspunkte (Name)

Zugriffspunkte (Genre)

Bereich "Kontrolle"

Beschreibungsdatensatzkennzahl

Archivcode

Regeln und/oder Konventionen

Status

Überarbeitet

Erschließungstiefe

Daten der Bestandsbildung, der Überprüfung und der Skartierung/Kassierung

Description created on 1999/08/27. Last updated 10/12/2015.
Archivist(s): Anne MacDermaid, Shirley Spragge, Paul Banfield, Ken Willmott

Sprache der Beschreibung

  • Englisch

Schrift der Beschreibung

Quellen

Bereich Zugang

Verwandte Themen

Verwandte Personen und Organisationen

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Verwandte Genres

Aufbewahrung

  • Fach: 1002.15 SE
  • Fach: 5046.1
  • Fach: 5098
  • Fach: 5107.1
  • Fach: 5123.1
  • Fach: F5 A9
  • Fach: F5 E9
  • Fach: F5 E10
  • Fach: F5 F10
  • Fach: SR1166.1-SR1166.8
  • Fach: SR1189
  • Planschrank: Map 1
  • Fach: MI 134