Biography from AskART:
| Born in Los Angeles, CA on Dec. 16, 1911, Brett Weston, the son of photographer Edward Weston, was employed by the WPA in the 1930s. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947. He had homes in Carmel Valley, CA and Kona, HI until his demise in the latter on Jan. 22, 1993.
Exh: De Young Museum, 1932 (first solo); Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936; SFAA, 1938; Carmel AA.
Collection: LACMA; MOMA; AIC; De Young Museum; Princeton University Library; University of Indiana. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Examiner, 1-24-1993 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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