Angie Elizabeth Brooksby
Angie Elizabeth Brooksby is a contemporary American-born painter. She paints cityscapes of Paris, specifically the paintings of the Parisian blue hour. Before living in Paris she lived and painted for over 20 years in Florence, Italy. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Work
She studied photography in Maryland at Frederick High School with Dr. Margaret Dowell co-author of Addiction and Art, while at FHS she received awards from the state of Maryland for excellent photography and she was selected to attend the summer program at the prestigious CTY in 1982.In 1987 she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors in sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art. While at MICA she studied with sculptor John Shahn, the son of social realist painter Ben Shahn, and with poet Joe Cardelli.
In 1986 she attended Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy where she studied painting with Fulbright Scholar Gene Baldini.
Awards
- Fanny B Thalheimer prize from Maryland Institute College of Art.
- 1983 – first prize for continuing arts education from the Frederick County Arts Association
- 1983-1984 – Senatorial scholarship from the state of Maryland
- 1984 – merit scholarship from the Loats Foundation and the Ephraim Kaiser prize
- 1999 – awarded the first prize for painting in the Premio Firenze whereupon her painting was published on the cover of Eco d'Arte Moderna magazine
She is the author of two articles about importing and exporting art and antiques to and from Italy.