Edmund Walpole Brooke (18 September 1865 – 1938) was an Australian painter.[1][2] Born in Melbourne, Brooke moved to Japan in his youth, where his father, John Henry Brooke, was a reporter and director of the Japan Daily Herald.[1][3][4] He married a Japanese woman and they had a daughter.[3]
Edmund Walpole Brooke | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1865 Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 1938 (aged 72–73) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painting |
He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London and the Paris Salon in 1890 and 1891.[1] In 1890, he was a friend of Vincent van Gogh,[5][6][7] and joined van Gogh on his plein air painting trips.[1][3] Research on E. W. Brooke and his connection with van Gogh is being carried out by Tsukasa Kodera, a professor of art history at Osaka University.[3][8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Edmund Walpole Brooke :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 6, 018. Victoria, Australia. 19 September 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c d Libbey, Peter (4 June 2021). "The Hunt for Clarity About van Gogh's Last Days Leads to Maine". The New York Times.
- ^ "Art Notes". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 17, 614. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Benfey, Christopher (20 December 2018). "Is It Like Japan Yet?". The New York Review.
- ^ "Van Gogh et le Japon - L'ŒIL - n° 714". Le Journal Des Arts (in French).
- ^ van Tilborgh, Louis; Kodera, Tsukasa; Bakker, Nienke (2018). Van Gogh and Japan. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
- ^ "Tsukasa Kodera". tsukasakodera.academia.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2021.