Cora S. Brooks  (1885   -   1930)  Works

Cora S. Brooks (1885 - 1930)

Cora S. Brooks was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1885. Her father, Edward F. Brooks, was the General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad.  In 1902, her family moved to Lansdowne, PA.  She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now the Moore College of Art & Design).  Brooks specialized in flower still lives, but also was known to paint landscapes, and do an occasional portrait.  She was one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who emerged out of the Philadelphia art schools.  Brooks died suddenly of pneumonia on March 26, 1930.  In January of 1931,  the Philadelphia 10 held a memorial exhibition at the Plastic Club where it is said that an amazing 64 out of 88 of her paintings sold.

She won prizes from the Plastic Club (1920); National Association of Women Artists/National Academy of Women Painters and Sculptors (1922).  She was a member of the National Arts Club; National Association of Women Artists; Plastic Club; Art Alliance of Philadelphia; American Federation of Arts; Director of the Delaware County Art Association at the time of her death.