Dorothy Eugenie Brett
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Western subjects Art Work
| Name: |
Dorothy Eugenie Brett |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Place of Birth: |
England |
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| Birth: |
1883 |
| Death: |
1977 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Western subjects |
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Oil on canvas |
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Realism, Impressionism |
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Biography
Brett trained at the Slade where she met Mark Gertler and Carrington. It was with a portrait of Dora Carrington that she made her exhibiting debut at the New English Art Club in 1914, and in common with her friend she chose to be known just by her last name. Living in Hampstead, Brett sometimes worked alongside the artists of the Carline family, joining them when they had a life model posing. Her work sometimes reflected the troubling times: she exhibited two paintings about the First World War at the NEAC. Blind Soldiers (1915) and Widows (1916).
In 1924 Brett travelled to New Mexico to join her friends the writer D.H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda. She painted a portrait of Lawrence (1925, National Portrait Gallery, London}, and published an account of their relationship {Lawrence and Brett A Friendship, New York 1933). The Lawrences returned to Europe, but Brett remained in New Mexico for the rest of her life. She painted the Pueblo Indians and their myths and rituals, and met Georgia O' Keefe. A retrospective of Brett's work was held at the Taos Gallery of Contemporary
Art, New Mexico in 1980. |
Samples of Work
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