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Brooks-Park Home

Under Threat: James Brooks / Charlotte Park Home & Studios, East Hampton

July 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Brook Studio courtesy Preservation League of New York StateThe Brooks-Park Home & Studios in East Hampton on Long Island is an important physical link to the Abstract Expressionist Art movement and the artists who made it their home.

Artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park were at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionist art movement of the 1940s and 50s. James Brooks in particular is especially is well known for painting the largest site-specific Works Progress Administration (WPA) wall mural, in the landmarked interior of the Marine Terminal at New York’s La Guardia Airport. [Read more…] about Under Threat: James Brooks / Charlotte Park Home & Studios, East Hampton

Filed Under: Arts, History, Nature, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Art History, Brooks-Park Home, Esat Hampton, Historic Preservation, Long Island, modernism, Preservation League of NYS, Suffolk County, WPA

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