Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952) was a Canadian-American printmaker, painter, sculptor and teacher. She studied at the

New York School of Applied Design for Women The New York School of Applied Design for Women, established in 1892, was an early design school for women in New York City. The New York School of Applied Design building was built in 1908 and is now a landmarked building. The school became the ...

and at the

Art Students League The Art Students League of New York is an art school at American Fine Arts Society, 215 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists ...

with

Robert Henri Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against A ...

and

John Sloan John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951) was an American painter and etcher. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was also a member of the group known as The Eight. He is best known ...

. She illustrated for ''Century, Phoenix'', ''Collier's'', and ''St. Nicholas'' magazines.Marian Wardle, American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910–1945, 2005, 183 She exhibited at the 1913 New York

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

where she showed three drawings, ''The Furnished Room, Curiosity'' and ''Putting Her Monday Name on Her Letterbox''. Amongst the aforementioned skills, Bessie Marsh Brewer created in the styles of

Realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ...

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, and Naturalism. She was the mother of Sam Pope Brewer, New York Times correspondent whose wife later remarried to

Kim Philby Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 191211 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963 he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secr ...

Awards

New York School of Applied Design for Women in commercial art (1922).

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1884 births 1952 deaths Canadian printmakers New York School of Applied Design for Women alumni People from Old Toronto Students of Robert Henri Women printmakers 20th-century Canadian painters 20th-century Canadian sculptors 20th-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian printmakers Art Students League of New York alumni Canadian emigrants to the United States {{Canada-artist-stub

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