Paintings by Peter Brooke
In Memoriam Peter Brooke (1948- 2024)
Peter was a painter, writer, poet and philosopher in numerous fields of interest. His principal interest was Art & Religion, in particular the cubist technique of painting developed by french artist Albert Gleizes. He was fluent in French and translated numerous texts by Gleizes as well as having worked directly archiving his studies. He was a power house of knowledge regarding Gleizes' philosophy and wrote it down in his books and websites.
Peter maintained the conviction that Gleizes' technique of painting (among others) played an integral role in supporting an active religious life. This was especially true for him in Gleizes' purely abstract work (without any figurative element).
In 1941, Mainie Jellett, former student of Gleizes gave a lecture to the White Stag group titled “Art as a Spiritual Force” in which she attempted to define that 'power [which] draws the onlooker or listener out of himself and away into a new world, a world which he returns from rejuvenated, exalted or in the old greek interpretation of this state, purged'.
The Websites
Both of the websites are largely dedicated to Art and Religion and stored on the internet archive. They are still accessible for reference and research purposes. The larger site, last updated in February '24, is about 255 MB in total size. Links to .pdf files were provided for downloading texts: peterbrooke.org
The second is an older site and is in the region of 30MB: peterbrooke.org.uk
Topics from the website texts include;
-Material relating to cubist painter Albert Gleizes and his school;
-Essays on Gleizes by Dom Angelico Surchamp (en francais);
-A discussion of the respective views of the Dutch Calvinist Hans Rookmaaker and Albert Gleizes;
-A preliminary comparison of the thinking of Gleizes and Martin Heidegger;
-An account of Peter's experience working with the potter Genevieve Dalban;
-Preparatory Drawings by Mainie Jellett;
-Discussion of work by Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Robert Pouyaud, Daniel Gloria and René Dürrbach, as well as Gleizes.
-Victor Poznanski and the exhibition L'Art d'aujourd'hui, 1925
Peter's collection of Poems "Matter & Memory (1970 - 2024)" together with translations of Gleizes' writings - Art and Religion, Art and Science, Art and Production and Painting and Its Laws can be obtained here.
A book about Gleizes "For and Against the Twentieth Century" (Yale University Press, 2001, Peter Brooke) is currently out of print but second hand copies can be found without too much difficulty. ISBN-13 978-0300089646
The Paintings
1. An exhibition of work by Peter Brooke and other artists associated with the school of Albert Gleizes, Wolfson College, Oxford, 8-27 February 2010. click here.
2. Icon designs done using a system of construction based on the 'translation-rotation' schema of the Cubist painter, Albert Gleizes. click here.
3. Wolfson College, Oxford 16th Nov - 4th Dec, 2015. click here.
4. Paintings click here.
If you are interested in acquiring any of Peter's work please email me here
Note: If you use any material from the websites please remember to give credit to Peter Brooke.
Peter was a painter, writer, poet and philosopher in numerous fields of interest. His principal interest was Art & Religion, in particular the cubist technique of painting developed by french artist Albert Gleizes. He was fluent in French and translated numerous texts by Gleizes as well as having worked directly archiving his studies. He was a power house of knowledge regarding Gleizes' philosophy and wrote it down in his books and websites.
Peter maintained the conviction that Gleizes' technique of painting (among others) played an integral role in supporting an active religious life. This was especially true for him in Gleizes' purely abstract work (without any figurative element).
In 1941, Mainie Jellett, former student of Gleizes gave a lecture to the White Stag group titled “Art as a Spiritual Force” in which she attempted to define that 'power [which] draws the onlooker or listener out of himself and away into a new world, a world which he returns from rejuvenated, exalted or in the old greek interpretation of this state, purged'.
The Websites
Both of the websites are largely dedicated to Art and Religion and stored on the internet archive. They are still accessible for reference and research purposes. The larger site, last updated in February '24, is about 255 MB in total size. Links to .pdf files were provided for downloading texts: peterbrooke.org
The second is an older site and is in the region of 30MB: peterbrooke.org.uk
Topics from the website texts include;
-Material relating to cubist painter Albert Gleizes and his school;
-Essays on Gleizes by Dom Angelico Surchamp (en francais);
-A discussion of the respective views of the Dutch Calvinist Hans Rookmaaker and Albert Gleizes;
-A preliminary comparison of the thinking of Gleizes and Martin Heidegger;
-An account of Peter's experience working with the potter Genevieve Dalban;
-Preparatory Drawings by Mainie Jellett;
-Discussion of work by Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Robert Pouyaud, Daniel Gloria and René Dürrbach, as well as Gleizes.
-Victor Poznanski and the exhibition L'Art d'aujourd'hui, 1925
Peter's collection of Poems "Matter & Memory (1970 - 2024)" together with translations of Gleizes' writings - Art and Religion, Art and Science, Art and Production and Painting and Its Laws can be obtained here.
A book about Gleizes "For and Against the Twentieth Century" (Yale University Press, 2001, Peter Brooke) is currently out of print but second hand copies can be found without too much difficulty. ISBN-13 978-0300089646
The Paintings
1. An exhibition of work by Peter Brooke and other artists associated with the school of Albert Gleizes, Wolfson College, Oxford, 8-27 February 2010. click here.
2. Icon designs done using a system of construction based on the 'translation-rotation' schema of the Cubist painter, Albert Gleizes. click here.
3. Wolfson College, Oxford 16th Nov - 4th Dec, 2015. click here.
4. Paintings click here.
If you are interested in acquiring any of Peter's work please email me here
Note: If you use any material from the websites please remember to give credit to Peter Brooke.