Maria Matilda Brooks (1837 – November 16, 1913) was a British-born American painter.

Biography

Brooks was born in 1837 in Staines, England. She studied art in London at the South Kensington Art School and the

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. She briefly lived in Canada, in

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and

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, before moving to New York. Brooks exhibited her work in the rotunda and the Board Room of the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She died in New York on November 16, 1913 after being struck by an automobile. Maria Matilda Brooks-Cat's Cradle

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Maria Matilda 1837 births 1913 deaths American women painters 19th-century American women artists 19th-century American painters