{"title":"Bricher, Alfred Thompson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American landscape and marine painter associated with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hudson-river-school-the?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=hudson+river\u0026amp;_psid=cdbddff5a\u0026amp;_ss=e\" title=\"Hudson River School\"\u003eHudson River School\u003c\/a\u003e and American Luminism. He is best known for coastal views in which rocky shores, breaking waves and expansive skies are depicted with remarkable clarity and sensitivity to natural light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1837, Bricher grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He worked as a clerk in Boston while teaching himself to paint and studying the work of established landscape artists. In 1858, while sketching on Mount Desert Island in Maine, he met the painters Charles Temple Dix and William Stanley Haseltine, whose encouragement helped him pursue painting professionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBricher initially produced views of inland lakes, rivers and woodlands, reflecting the picturesque interests of the Hudson River School. During the 1860s he also supplied designs for chromolithographs published by Louis Prang \u0026amp; Company. These colour prints introduced his pictures to an audience beyond those able to purchase original paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1868 he moved his studio to New York. Over the following decades he became increasingly interested in marine subjects, travelling regularly along the coastlines of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. He also visited Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy, whose dramatic cliffs and surrounding sea remained important subjects for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBricher usually made drawings and watercolour studies during his summer journeys before developing finished paintings in the studio. His mature pictures often feature clear shallow water, sunlit rocks, distant sails and gently shifting clouds. Although he could depict rough seas and heavy surf, he frequently preferred the calm weather and luminous skies associated with American Luminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work appeared at the National Academy of Design, the Boston Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other American exhibition venues. He became a member of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors in 1874 and an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1879.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBricher continued painting into the twentieth century and died on Staten Island, New York, in 1908. His paintings preserve the changing character of the New England coast and exemplify a particularly clear, measured approach to nineteenth-century American marine painting.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bricher-alfred-thompson-1837-1908-time-and-tide-c-1873","title":"Bricher, Alfred Thompson (1837-1908) - Time and Tide c.1873","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the American Hudson River School artist Alfred Bricher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5145 pixels wide by 3829 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/bricher-alfred-thompson?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=bricher\u0026amp;_psid=9dcb90404\u0026amp;_ss=e\" title=\"Alfred Bricher\"\u003eAlfred Bricher\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64191816991050,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Bricher_AlfredThompson_1837-1908_-TimeandTide_main.jpg?v=1793612723"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Bricher_Alfred_Thompson_1837-1908.jpg?v=1793611370","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/bricher-alfred-thompson.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}