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Hon. Dorothy Eugénie Brett (10 November 1883 – 27 August 1977) was an Anglo-American painter, remembered as much for her social life as for her art. Born into an aristocratic British family, she lived a sheltered early life.
Learn about the life and work of Dorothy Brett, an Anglo-American painter who lived in Taos, New Mexico. She was associated with the Bloomsbury group and D.H. Lawrence, and exhibited in several museums.
Dorothy Brett, whose father was an advisor to Queen Victoria, grew up in a posh London house and took dancing classes at Windsor Castle. She dressed in bohemian clothes and wore her hair very short, and as a student at London’s Slade Art School, became friends with prominent writers of her day, including D. H. Lawrence.
- November 11, 1883
- September 30, 1977
Dorothy Brett was a British-born artist who painted mystical depictions of Pueblo ceremonies and portraits of celebrities. She lived in Taos, New Mexico, with D.H. Lawrence and became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
Painter of figure subjects and latterly of Indian life, born in London, daughter of Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher. She studied at Slade School of Fine Art, 1910–16. Showed in England at NEAC and elsewhere and in America, having a retrospective at America British Gallery, New York, 1950.
Painting. Hon. Dorothy Eugénie Brett (10 November 1883 – 27 August 1977) was an Anglo-American painter, remembered as much for her social life as for her art. Born into an aristocratic British family, she lived a sheltered early life.
Lady Dorothy Brett, a British painter who was known to associates as “The Brett” or simply “Brett,” gained her greatest fame and a hint of scandalous notoriety for her association with the celebrated author D. H. Lawrence. Their long friendship was detailed in her autobiography, “Lawrence and Brett.”
