GUSTAV BROCK 6 NEW YORK WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
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GUSTAV BROCK NEW YORK WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS: Gustav Frederick Brock (1881–1945, America, Denmark): 1913 – 1918: Documenting a time in Brock’s history when he traveled through New York in the first 1/3rd of the 20th century. The group includes graphite and watercolor sketches, 8" x 5". BIOGRAPHY: Gustav Frederick Brock (1881–1945, America) was a miniature artist and expert on the hand-coloring of motion pictures. He was born in San Francisco and educated in Copenhagen, at the Royal Academy in Dresden and later in Paris with M.A.F. Gorguet. In 1910 he was the sole representative for Denmark at the International Art Exhibition at Buenos Aires. This exhibition included an official portrait of H. M. the Queen of Denmark which was later awarded a silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 where Brock was again the sole representative for Denmark. In 1920 the French Government acquired Brock’s painting of the 7th Regiment N.Y.H.G. reviewed by Marshall Joffre at Grant’s Tomb. Other noteworthy portraits and miniatures are in the permanent collections of the Musee Nationale de Buenos Aires; a miniature of H. M. King George of Greece in the collection of H. M. Queen Alexandria; The Archbishop of Buenos Aires in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires; the wife of Marechal da Fonseca, President of Brazil, Salon des Artistes Francais 1914, etc. Brock is Officer d’Academie de France and Lieutenant in the Royal Danish Army.” In 1922 he was represented by Ehrich Galleries, New York. He was the son of the Danish painter Gustav Brock (1849–1887).
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GUSTAV BROCK 6 NEW YORK WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
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