Edmund Walpole Brooke | |
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Born | Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia | September 13, 1865
Died | 1938 (aged 72–73) |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Painting |
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]
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]
Edmund Walpole Brooke | |
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Born | Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia | September 13, 1865
Died | 1938 (aged 72–73) |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Painting |
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]
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]