Background
Brooks, Robert was born on October 19, 1922 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry and Stella (Mervis) Brooks.
Brooks, Robert was born on October 19, 1922 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry and Stella (Mervis) Brooks.
Student, Swain School Design, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Student, Vesper George School Art, Boston, 1941—1943.
Silk screen designer, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1946—1953. Ceramic tile designer Screenscraft Products, West Yarmouth, 1953—1965. Owner & director Robert Brooks Art Gallery, Hyannis, 1969—1980.
Lecturer Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Member of Falmouth Artists Guild, International Society Marine Painters, Copley Society Boston (named Copley Artist 1985, Sagandorph award 1985), Cape Cod Art Association (1st prize 1981, Best in Show 1981), Academy Artists Association (Grambecker medal 1980), EPAC Grotto Lodge (monarch 1983), Masons Lodge.
Married Rosalyn Brooks, November 2, 1943. Children: Cetra, Karen.