Allan Brooks (Canadian, 1869-1946)
Mallards
signed "Allan Brooks" lower right
watercolor, 11 3/4 by 18 1/2 in.
The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop, Inc., New York label on back
Allan Cyril Brooks was born in 1869 in India, educated as a boy in England, and moved to Canada in 1881 where his father had become a farmer, eventually settling in British Columbia. He started out as a specimen hunter and collector for museums; however, after being encouraged to pursue his art by William Brewster, he became the Canadian contemporary to Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Due to his accurate shot, Brooks served as a sniper in World War I, achieved the rank of Major, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry.
His ornithological art appears in John C. Phillips’ "The Natural History of Ducks" and Forbush’s "Birds of Massachusetts," among many other publications.
Provenance: Eddie Woodin Collection
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