Carl Bretzke Art
American, b. 1954
Carl Bretzke is known for his nighttime paintings, also known as Nocturnes. It is in these nocturne paintings that Bretzke can investigate the different colors emanating from different light sources, both natural and artificial. Luminous tonal qualities enchant the viewer. Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Carl's work has been described in the Washington Post as "simultaneously intimate and detached…the artist's unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan School." Bretzke holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado, where he also received a minor in fine art. He has also trained extensively under Plein Air Painters of America signature artist Joseph Paquet.
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Artist: Carl Bretzke
"Red Motorcycle and Ben Fenske" artist walks away from painting, impressionist
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Red Motorcycle and Ben Fenske" is an oil painting of the artist's friend, Ben Fenske (another successful artist) as he walks away from him. This painting was painted in 2014, one of...
Category
2010s Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Great Lakes Grandeur - 2023 American Realist Sunset Oil Painting in Minnesota
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in darkness, reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Bretzke remarks: “What most people don’t notice i...
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2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
"December Snow on Cars" 2023 Snowy American Realist painting in Minnesota
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in darkness, reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Bretzke remarks: “What most people don’t notice i...
Category
2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Florida Sky - 2023 American Realist sunset on beach, en plein air oil painting
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Frame Dimensions 30 x 42in
American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in darkness, reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Bretzke remarks: “Wh...
Category
2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
Unshoveled Sidewalks - Snowy American Realist oil painting of suburbia
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Contemporary oil painting by American realist painter, Carl Bretzke. A snow covered winter landscape at night. A quaint residential neighborhood appears silent after a heavy snowfall...
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2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
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Linen, Canvas, Oil
Sun Breaking Through / Port Salerno - 2023 American Realist seascape in Florida
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in darkness, reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Bretzke remarks: “What most people don’t notice i...
Category
2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
Division Street at Night - 2023, American realist nocturne by Carl Bretzke
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in darkness, reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Bretzke remarks: “What most people don’t notice i...
Category
2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Cloudy Day by the Pond
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
*Painting is brighter than appears in first image*
"Cloudy Day by the Pond" is a small oil painting, painted en plein air, at this verdant pond on a cloudy day. A single fisherman c...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Boatyard - Quarter Moon
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A night-time view of a boatyard.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 28.5 inches
Artist Bio:
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landsca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Late Dusk at the Boatyard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Bretzke depicts a beautifully transient moment in a boatyard; a man walks home with his dog as the sunset glows behind them.
Framed Dimensions: 19.5 x 23.5 inches
Artist Bio:
Car...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Leaving Sag Harbor by Boat
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Painter Carl Bretzke. This waterscape was painted en plein air in Sag Harbor, NY. A boat heads away from the viewer, toward the tree-lined horizon at twi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Coral Cove Rock
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Coral Cove Rock" is an oil painting by contemporary artist, Carl Bretzke. Coral Cove is located in Jupiter Florida, known for it's large rocks along the beach and its aquamarine sea...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Linen, Panel
The Neighborhood
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A winter day in one little corner of the neighborhood.
Artist Bio:
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Tuscany Hillside
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a landscape in Tuscany. Rolling hills, a winding dirt-road, Cyprus trees, and a small farm-house cottage, underneath a pale blue sky.
Carl Bretzke is a represent...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Linen, Panel
Another Day
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Another Day" is an oil painting on panel. A winding California road snakes its way up a hill. Houses are perched at the top overlooking brown scrub and ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil
Pier Parking Sag Harbor
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Bretzke depicts a fleeting moment on the Sag Harbor Wharf in summer.
Framed dimensions: 12.5 x 15.5
Artist Bio:
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Beach Photo
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Beach Photo" is an oil painting by Carl Bretzke, of three figures, young men or boys, standing alongside one another before a vast expanse of blue ocean. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
House of Refuge Museum
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a landscape in Florida. The house of Refuge Museum showcases historic work from entrepreneurs and inventors. Bretzke captured it on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Telluride, Looking East
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of landscape in Telluride, Colorado. A horizon of mountains meet a grassy valley spotted with puddles. A few notes of "chimney smoke" are nods to signs of life in the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Historic Village Morning
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of the exteriors of a grouping of historic homes, in various colors, on a sunny day. A white picket fence encases a garden in the foreground.
Dimensions: 12 x 24 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mary in the Garden
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a rural property on a sunny day in the United States. A man wears a cowboy hat, a denim shirt, and boots, while holding a shotgun. He's walking with determination to the left of the scene, with a medium sized black dog following him in tow. The bed of a pickup truck catches light in the distance, parked beside the residential structure. A farmhouse with a metal roof, and a wide-hooded porch, stands tall, offering shade and comfort, especially with cushioned armchars to sit on out-front. A few electrical poles reach up towards the sky, confirming the contemporary time frame. In the foreground, a garden is fenced in with wire and wood. A statuette of the Virgin Mary is placed within this fenced garden, absorbing sunlight alongside the plants. An apt depiction of contemporary Americana...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Triumph
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a verdant, wooded area, painted en-plein air in Arkansas. An old, rusted, abandoned race-car, a BMW Triumph, is the focal point behind a time-honored stone wall. D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Joshua's Backyard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a back yard at nighttime. Interior lights glow from the windows, a distant lamppost shines white light, and a further one shines a warm orange light. A chain link ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Moon Over Back Lot
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a boat yard at nighttime. Boats at rest behind a locked chain-link fence. Street lights glow with hot orange auras. The full moon peeks out glowing a cool bright w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Painter Friend and Friends" contemporary realist figurative painting w Fenske
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A painting of painter, Ben Fenske, his muse, Beatrice, and his dog. Sitting in front of and underneath Fenske's 2009 painting, "The Break Up." The artist comforts the dog with a nice...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
By the Lagoon
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a tropical landscape. Crystal teal-blue water is surrounded by verdant bushes and palm trees, which cast dappled shadows onto the sand. A few figures splash around...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Dying to Stay in Maui
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a Maui Landscape. Painted en plein air at a graveyard, Bretzke titles this work humorously, "Dying to Stay in Maui". Two figures stand ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Remnants of Winter
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a neighborhood in the winter. A quiet, tree-lined street is sprinkled with snow. A yellow sky blends into blue and above.
Frame dimensions: 32 x 44 inches
Artist ...
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2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Horse on a Wheel
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in rural america, a horse stands alone on a dirt culdisac. A tall pinwheel tower stands central to the composition. A trailer and car parked beneath the horizon....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Metro Supperclub
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a bustling Florida street at night. Carl Bretzke cheekily renames the street "C. Bretzke Av" in his rendition of the scene. A bright squiggle of blue neon light ribbo...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Main Beach After Dark
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a beach scene at night. illuminated by spots of streetlights. Silhouettes of figures scattered about; one figure searches the beach sands with a flashlight. A lifegua...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Perched
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a beach in California
Artist Bio
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Looking For Shade
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a beach in Laguna, California.
Artist Bio
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Backyard Chickens
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Backyard Chickens was painted en plein air in rural america. Two small ranch buildings compose the border of the painting. The horizon is made up of trees in full bloom. The atmosphe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil
Hubs Landing
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Hubs Landing" is an oil painting of a marina. Painted en plein air, by Carl Bretzke.
Painting Dimensions: 12 x 16 inches
Framed dimensions: 17 x 21 inches
Carl Bretzke is a rep...
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2010s American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Two Cars and a Billboard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of cars in front of a billboard, painted en plein air, in Minneapolis, MN during the winter.
Artist Bio
Carl Bretzke is a representation...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Boats on a Back Lot
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a grassy lot where boats rest in the off-season. Painted en plein air; a grassy sun-filled lot. Clouds patch together in a rich blue sky, similar to the patches of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Autumn Old Cars
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-aire landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, includin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Carl Bretzke Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
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