Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
American, 1870-1937
Born in Leesburg, Virginia in 1870, Breckenridge drew incessantly as a child, and through the encouragement of his teacher Paul Laughlin, he decided to pursue a career as an artist. When he turned fifteen, his parents reluctantly allowed him to open a studio in Leesburg so that he could earn the tuition necessary to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1887, he enrolled in the Academy, an institution with which he would be affiliated for the majority of his life. Breckenridge won the Academy’s Charles Toppan’s First Prize in 1890 and in 1891, he was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which allowed him to pursue his dream of continuing his studies abroad.
Breckenridge went to Paris in 1892 and enrolled in the Académie Julian as a student under William Bouguereau, William G. Ferrier, and Lucien Doucet. The academic training Breckenridge received proved beneficial for the portrait work he often did to earn a living, but he was more interested in nonacademic approaches to art. Like many artists at the end of the nineteenth century, he responded enthusiastically to the new and exciting changes in art that were rapidly taking place in Europe and America. He was particularly interested in the exploration of color and color theories. During his time in Paris, he became captivated with Impressionism and his paintings soon began to reflect that interest. Upon his return to the States in 1893, he experimented with Impressionist techniques of painting color and light in landscapes, figurative paintings, and portraits.
Back in Philadelphia, Breckenridge began his lifelong teaching career. He first taught classes at the Springside School for Girls in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. In addition, he was offered the post of Secretary of the Faculty at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1894 and taught there until his death in 1937. In 1900, he and Thomas Anshutz opened the Darby Summer School of Painting outside of Philadelphia, which they relocated to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1902. Although Anshutz died in 1913, Breckenridge maintained the Darby School until 1918. From 1920 until 1937, he ran the Breckenridge School of Art in Gloucester, Massachusetts, during the summer months.
During his second trip abroad during the summer of 1909, Breckenridge was exposed to the latest experiments in painting led by the Post-Impressionists and the Fauves. These experiences made him an early convert to Modernism, which he pursued in his paintings upon his return to America. He kept abreast of the Modernist movement through visits to Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 Gallery in New York, and he subscribed to Stieglitz’s highly influential journal of avant-garde art, Camera Work. In 1913, he shared a studio with Arthur B. Carles in the Fuller Building in New York. The two painters became very close, often painting the same subjects and in the same manner, inspired by Paul Cézanne’s structural brush work and Matisse’s vivid colors. This resulted in what Breckenridge called his “‘tapestry paintings,’ which combined broad, checkerboard brushwork with a vigorous Neo-Impressionist technique.”to
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
344
227
181
116
1
Artist: Hugh Henry Breckenridge
Phlox, ca. 1906
By Hugh Henry Breckenridge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
David Ramus, Ltd.;
Menconi and Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York;
Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, until 2010
Exhibitions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel
Related Items
Winter Light
Located in THOMERY, FR
Winter Light by Linda Clerget is an evocative artwork that combines watercolor, ink, and pastels, measuring 65 x 50 cm. This piece captures the serene beauty of a winter landscape, w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel, Ink, India Ink, Watercolor
"Pueblos" - Hand-Augmented Fauvist Landscape in Ink and Pastel on Paper
By Margie Dickson
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pueblos" - Hand-Augmented Fauvist Landscape in Ink and Pastel on Paper
Bold and saturated depiction of pueblo buildings by Margie Dickson (American, b. 1938). These buildings are h...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Screen
Fauvist View of A French River and Mountain Landscape, The Verdon, Provence.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid century, pastel on card, Fauvist landscape by Marguerite Allar. Signed bottom left, annotated and titled to the back board and presented in plain wood frame.
A colourful view ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Board
H 14.18 in W 19.3 in D 1.19 in
Fauvist Pastel on Paper, "Lunch in Provence", After Henri Matisse
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist pastel on paper of a Provençal lunch. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in a white frame under perspex.
A charming, highly colourful and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mid 20th Century Fauvist Impressionist Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist Fauvist Colour-Field watercolour and pastel on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in a fine period wood fram...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
By Larry Horowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
LARRY HOROWITZ (American b. 1956)
"Purple Mountains," 1988, pastel on paper
Hand signed and dated L/R, "Horowitz '88,"
Dimensions sight 19 1/2" x 23", framed, 26 1/2" x 30 1/2".
Larry Horowitz is an American landscape painter. He was born in 1956 in New York City and graduated from SUNY Purchase and immediately won the prestigious and coveted position as apprentice to Wolf Kahn. Horowitz's work captures the beauty of the American landscape with expert use of texture and color that invites imagination and discovery. Although he paints en plein air, he has a firm grounding in abstract expressionism through his education with former students from the Bauhaus and Hans Hofmann school. He has combined both points of view to develop his unique language. His work follows in the tradition of great Modernist American landscape painters Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keefe and Charles Burchfield but with a more modern, Fauvist color palette. He was included in the show "In the Country, By the Sea" at Madelyn Jordan Gallery along with David Kimball Anderson, Stanley Boxer, Byron Browne, Derek Buckner, Richard Diebenkorn, Larry Kelsey, Gary Komarin, and Susan Wides.
Horowitz has also shown at Images Gallery along with Gary Bukovnik, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Horowitz, Alex Katz, Robert Motherwell, Don Nice, Philip Pearlstein, Joseph Raffael, Hunt Slonem, Carol Summers and Neil Welliver. Horowitz has exhibited extensively both in the US and Canada and is included in numerous private, corporate and public collections.
LARRY HOROWITZ
Born in 1956 in New York City
EDUCATION
1971-76 Private study with Maxim Bugzester, New York, NY
1974 Art Students League, New York, NY
1974-78 B.F.A., State University of New York, Purchase, NY
ART FAIRS
2019 Art New York Pier 94 presented by Art Miami, New York, NY
2017 Art Market SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2015 Art Silicon Valley, CA
2014 Boston International Art Fair, Boston, MA
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY
2022 Hagan Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2021 Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021 Trinity Galleries, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
2020 Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2020 Lorimer Gallery, Prince Edward Island, Canada
2019 Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA
2018 Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
2016 Art Gallery at the Rockefeller Park Preserve, Pleasantville, NY
2015 Newbury Fine Art, Boston, MA
2015 Chandon Winery Gallery, Yountville, CA
2013 Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX
2011 Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA
2010 Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2010 Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Aerie Art Gallery, Rehoboth Beach...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel
Margie Dickson "Pueblo 2" Original Pastel on Paper 20th Century
By Margie Dickson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Margie Dickson "Pueblo 2" Original Pastel on Paper 20th Century
Dimensions 18.5" wide x 14.5" high
The frame measures 29.25" wide x 25.25" high
Signed and titled lower left
Good ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel
H 25.25 in W 29.25 in D 2 in
The Blue Cabin - Vertical Landscape
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored landscape of a cabin in the woods by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Presented in a cream mat. No frame. Image size: 30"H x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Purple Cypress Tree - Coastal Fauvist Vertical Landscape
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored Fauvist coastal landscape of a vivid purple cypress tree at the edge of the water, under a bright yellow sky and orange sun by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
H 36 in W 28 in D 0.13 in
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Étal de marché 1925, pastel signed
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
"Etal de Marché", A Market stall
signed lower leftt
pastel on paper
18 x 24.5 cm (view)
In good condition
Framed : 37 x 42 cm
Published under n°580 of t...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel
Bathers by a River
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
French School; unsigned and painted circa 1950.
A mid-twentieth century, Post Impressionist school pastel showing a group of bathers on a river bank.
An elegant and accomplished wo...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Snow scene by Hughes Claude Pissarro, Cantepie, Sous la Neige
By Hughes Claude Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Cantepie, Sous la Neige by Hughes Claude Pissarro (b. 1935)
Pastel on card
51 x 37 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 14 ⁵/₈ inches)
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Hugh Henry Breckenridge More Art
Materials
Pastel
H 20.08 in W 14.57 in
Hugh Henry Breckenridge more art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Hugh Henry Breckenridge more art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Hugh Henry Breckenridge in crayon, pastel and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the early 1900s and is mostly associated with the Post-Impressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Hugh Henry Breckenridge more art, so small editions measuring 13 inches across are available. Hugh Henry Breckenridge more art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $29,500 and tops out at $29,500, while the average work can sell for $29,500.