Nell Brooker Mayhew: Paintings on Paper
Alissa Anderson

Nell Brooker Mayhew brought a bold and bright new spirit to the Southern California art scene at the turn of the nineteenth century. Breaking the bounds of social and artistic convention, Mayhew quickly established herself as a noteworthy artist, speaker, and teacher, winning the respect of a particularly freethinking Los Angeles art crowd.

Despite being widely exhibited during her lifetime, Mayhew’s legacy has since been unjustly neglected. Nell Brooker Mayhew: Paintings on Paper, the first monograph of her work, features new research as well as numerous color images taken directly from the original paintings.