Georgette Seabrooke

Georgette Seabrooke , was an American muralist, artist, illustrator, art therapist, nonprofit chief executive and educator. She is best known for her 1936 mural, Recreation in Harlem at Harlem Hospital in New York City, which was restored and put on public display in 2012 after being hidden from view for many years.

Seabrooke was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the only child of George and Anna Seabrooke, and grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Yorkville, Manhattan. George died when Georgette was a young child. Her mother was a domestic housekeeper, and Georgette worked with her while quite young, but she did well in school and graduated from Washington Irving High School. She also studied with James Lesesne Wells at the Harlem Art Workshop, and with Gwendolyn B. Bennett at the Harlem Community Art Center.

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