Brooks, Reva

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Brooks, Reva

1913-2004

Leonard and Reva Brooks are noted Canadian artists who have lived and worked in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, since their arrival there in 1947.

Reva Brooks was born in Toronto 10 May 1913, and was educated at Dovercourt Public School, Central High School of Commerce, Central Technical School, Toronto, and took courses at the University of Toronto. She married Leonard Brooks on 18 October 1935. A noted photographer, Reva Brooks' works have been exhibited in Toronto, Montreal, London, and Vancouver Galleries; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Anglo-Mexican Institute, Mexico; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; Dartmouth College; Group Show Creative Photography, 1956; Salon International du Portrait Photographique, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 1961; Grands Photographes de Notre Temps, Versailles, 1962; Expo 67, Montreal; Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico, 1970; Centro Cultural Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Casa de Cultra Aguascalientes, Mexico; Universidad de Guanajuato; Travelling Exhibition USA, 1971; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1972. Her works are represented in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artas, Mexico; David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico; Rufino Tamayo, Mexico; Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles; John Huston, Ireland; MacKinley Helm Collection, Santa Barbara; Ansel Adams, Carmel, California; Ayala and Samuel J. Zacks, Toronto; Helen Hayes, New York; Kate Simon, New York; Henry Miller, California; Freeman Tovell, Ottawa. Reva Brooks died in San Miguel de Allende on 25 January 2004.

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