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American painter

Samuel Marsden Brookes (8 March , Newington Green, Middlesex – 31 January , San Francisco) was an English-born American painter.

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He specialized in still lifes of fish and game, but began as a portrait painter and also produced some landscapes. He was also a member of the Bohemian Grove.

Biography

He was born to a wealthy family of Dutch origin. His father, a botanist, managed a large nursery for exotic plants, in London. In , his family emigrated to the United States, seeking to establish himself as an independent nurseryman, and settled near what was then the new city of Chicago.^[1]

As a teenager, he developed an interest in art; copying works from the travelling portrait artists and producing his own miniatures.

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Despite his talent, his father did not approve of art as a profession. Nevertheless, he took some drawing lessons from James Bowman and, in , became an itinerant painter. Soon after, he married Julia Jones ( Samuel Marsden Brookes - Oilartwork PASOT