James Brooks (American 1906-1992)Attributed: Expressionist Mixed Media Collage. Mixed media on canvas board signed J Brooks lower left unframed.

Mr. Brooks was one of the most technically accomplished -- if not the most innovative -- members of the New York School. His skilled rhythmic compositions of abstract shapes textures and color values brought acclaim from critics as well as several major prizes. In his first one-man show at the Peridot Gallery in 1950 he presented stained and dripped canvases influenced by his close friend Jackson Pollock in which stains made on the reverse side of the canvas were used to generate spontaneous painted shapes on the front.
In 1951 he participated in the historic Ninth Street Exhibition an artist-organized show that included the work of Pollock Hans Hofmann Franz Kline Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell. In 1956 his work was part of the Twelve Americans show at the Museum of Modern Art as well as the Modern's influential New American Painting show in 1959 which traveled through Europe. A decade later he was given a full-scale retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and his work is in the collections of major museums in the United States.
16 x 20 Canvas board
Private collection California

Aged condition: surface dirt slight bending to canvas board. Fading stains & discoloration of canvas board on reverse.
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