Mildred Bryant Brooks (1901-1995)
Born: Indiana 1901 Died: 1995

Moved with family to Long Beach, California in 1907. Her mother was a painter, her father was a scientist. She graduated “cum laude” in art from University of Southern California, under F. Tolles Chamberlin. She began etching in 1929 studying under Arthur Millier. She taught and lectured on etching and art at Stickney Art School in Pasadena, the Los Angeles Art Institute, Pomona College and University of Southern California. She worked as a Christmas card designer for Chryson’s Incorporated in the 1920s, from whom she acquired an etching press. In the later decades, she also worked as an interior designer and decorator. She was a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists. Her honors, both national and international awards include the California Society of Etchers, San Francisco 1932; Bookplate International Exhibit, Los Angeles 1933; John Taylor Arms Award, Society of American Etchers, New York 1934; Chicago Society of Etchers 1934. She has had many exhibitions including the National Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.,.

Pasadena Society of Artists
2002 April 6-June 16
75th Annual Diamond Jubilee Exhibition,Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena CA

Biographic Information excerpted from the “Los Angeles Times”, by Arthur Millier, unknown date and the “Pasadena Star-News” September 26, 1956