J. Ernest Brierly

Early 20th Century

Brierly was originally from the East, having studied in Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts; New York and Philadelphia.

He exhibited portraits at various exhibitions at the Stevens and Congress Hotels in Chicago, Illinois, under the auspices of the All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, of which he was a member. Also at the O'Brien Art Galleries, the Art Galleries of the Carson, Pirie Scott & Company and at the Art Institute of Chicago. He maintained his studio at 16? East Ontario Street, Chicago.

Biography: Catalog: Century of Progress exhibition by artists of Illinois. 1933.