Late 20th Century "Rhodes, Greece" Sanford Brooks Original Watercolor Painting, Framed

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Highly acclaimed Cincinnati watercolorist Sanford (Samp) Brooks (1915-1994) original large watercolor of a exuberantly busy harbor in Rhodes, Greece.
Brooks, … more Highly acclaimed Cincinnati watercolorist Sanford (Samp) Brooks (1915-1994) original large watercolor of a exuberantly busy harbor in Rhodes, Greece.
Brooks, a long time resident of Cincinatti, graduated from Yale in 1939 with a degree in architecture. He began painting in the 1950s and became proficient after studying with J. Philip Olmes in Cincinnati, Lawrence Sisson in Boothbay Harbor and Edgar Whitney in Maine. He exhibited widely and his paintings are held in many important private and corporate collections. Brooks eventually taught art classes at local high schools and Wilmington College, Cincinnati Art Academy, and the men’s art club in Cincinnati. He and his wife are featured artist in a book by Edgar Whitney, “Learn Watercolor the Edgar Whitney Way”. In addition, Brooks was often asked by Whitney to demonstrate techniques to his classes less