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1866 Germany - 1952 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Impressionist landscape, figure and portrait painting, etching.
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on... Read full biography
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female... Read full biography
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer... Read full biography
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the Chicago Times Herald described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68). Buehr was born as one of seven... Read full biography
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the Chicago Times Herald described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68). Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who emigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869. He was first exposed... 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
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Giverny, France
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Yosemite National Park
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Frank Brangwyn
- •Frank Duveneck
- •Raphael Collin
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Institute of Chicago (School Of), Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
- •Friedman Collection-Chicago
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
- •The Marshall Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
- •Tree Studio Building Artist, Chicago
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
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts