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1870 Leesburg, Virginia - 1937 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape, portrait and abstract painting.
The following biography, submitted November 2002, is from Marian Clark of Colorado. She is a great-grand daughter of the artist. Hugh Henry Breckenridge was long associated with Philadelphia as a... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2002, is from Marian Clark of Colorado. She is a great-grand daughter of the artist. Hugh Henry Breckenridge was long associated with Philadelphia as a modernist painter and teacher. From 1887 to 1892, he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2002, is from Marian Clark of Colorado. She is a great-grand daughter of the artist. Hugh Henry Breckenridge was long associated with Philadelphia as a modernist painter and teacher. From 1887 to 1892, he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he taught for more than forty years. In 1892, he was awarded a scholarship enabling him to study in Paris at the Academie Julian with William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and to... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2002, is from Marian Clark of Colorado. She is a great-grand daughter of the artist. Hugh Henry Breckenridge was long associated with Philadelphia as a modernist painter and teacher. From 1887 to 1892, he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he taught for more than forty years. In 1892, he was awarded a scholarship enabling him to study in Paris at the Academie Julian with William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and to travel through Europe, going with the Pennsylvania impressionist Walter E. Schofield (1869-1944). His subsequent landscapes, portraits, and figure paintings reveal the influence of impressionism and an overwhelming fascination with color. His first solo... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted November 2002, is from Marian Clark of Colorado. She is a great-grand daughter of the artist. Hugh Henry Breckenridge was long associated with Philadelphia as a modernist painter and teacher. From 1887 to 1892, he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he taught for more than forty years. In 1892, he was awarded a scholarship enabling him to study in Paris at the Academie Julian with William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and to travel through Europe, going with the Pennsylvania impressionist Walter E. Schofield (1869-1944). His subsequent landscapes, portraits, and figure paintings reveal the influence of impressionism and an overwhelming fascination with color. His first solo exhibition in 1904 included both paintings and pastels. Breckenridge also produced many commissioned por... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club
- •Southern States Art League
- •St. Botolph Club, Boston
Art Teacher
- •Henri-Lucien Doucet
- •William Bouguereau
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Darby School of Painting, Teacher
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club-
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
- •St. Botolph Club, Boston-
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts