ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER (NY/NH, 1837-1908)
White Mountains River Landscape with Waterfall and Single Figure, oil on board, initialed lower right and dated '62, housed in what may be the original gilt gesso deep cove frame, OS: 13 1/2" x 19", SS: 7 3/4" x 12 3/4". Very good condition.Last of the Hudson River/Luminist painters, Bricher, who was destined to be a Boston businessman, instead opened a studio in his home town of Newburyport in 1858, aged 21, and painted with Bierstadt and Champney in North Conway, NH. He moved to New York ten years later, concentrating on coastal scenes and working mostly in watercolor. He summered in Maine, loved painting the ruggedness of Grand Manan. Provenance: From a Private Collection.
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White Mountains River Landscape with Waterfall and Single Figure, oil on board, initialed lower right and dated '62, housed in what may be the original gilt gesso deep cove frame, OS: 13 1/2" x 19", SS: 7 3/4" x 12 3/4". Very good condition.Last of the Hudson River/Luminist painters, Bricher, who was destined to be a Boston businessman, instead opened a studio in his home town of Newburyport in 1858, aged 21, and painted with Bierstadt and Champney in North Conway, NH. He moved to New York ten years later, concentrating on coastal scenes and working mostly in watercolor. He summered in Maine, loved painting the ruggedness of Grand Manan. Provenance: From a Private Collection.
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