Samuel Marsden Brookes in His Studio
Do you have to struggle to succeed?
When 33-year-old Deakin moved from Chicago to San Francisco in 1871, his older friend, Samuel Marsden Brookes, was already an established artist there. Here Deakin painted Brookes with a romanticized seriousness, set in a slightly ramshackle studio cluttered with half-finished canvases. The subject continues working uninterrupted on one of his signature fish paintings.
\ Artist
Edwin Deakin
Edwin Deakin was born in Sheffield, England, and at age 12 apprenticed in lacquering furniture; this would be his only formal art training. He eventually moved to San Francisco and opened a studio. Active with the San Francisco Art Association, he befriended many artists and made numerous painting trips throughout California, successfully exhibiting and selling paintings based on his extensive travel sketches.
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Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Virginia Dakin