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Alfred Thompson Bricher
Alfred Thompson Bricher

Alfred Thompson Bricher

American, 1837-1908
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Alfred Thompson Bricher was a painter associated with White Mountain art and the Hudson River School.

Bricher was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was educated in an academy at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He began his career as a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. When not working, he studied at the Lowell Institute. He also studied with Albert Bierstadt, William Morris Hunt, and others. He attained noteworthy skill in making landscape studies from nature, and after 1858 devoted himself to the art as a profession. He opened a studio in Boston, and met with some success there. In 1868 he moved to New York City, and at the National Academy of Design that year he exhibited “Mill-Stream at Newburyport.” Soon afterward he began to use watercolors in preference to oils, and in 1873 was chosen a member of the American Watercolor Society. In the 1870s, he primarily did maritime themed paintings, with attention to watercolor paintings of landscape, marine, and coastwise scenery. He often spent summers in Grand Manan, where he produced such notable works as Morning at Grand Manan (1878). In 1879, Bricher was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

By the end of his life, the Hudson River School style of painting that included landscapes and luminism fell out of style, with Modern Art becoming the premier artistic movement. As his style of art faded, so did his fame.
Over time Bricher's artwork gathered more attention and by the 1980s he began to be credited as one of the nineteenth century's greatest maritime painters. A self-taught luminist, he explored the effects of light and how it reflected, refracted, and absorbed on landscapes and seascapes.

As a lover of maritime life and the sea Bricher purchased a home in the 1890s close to the sea in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, where he had views of Lower New York Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and Raritan Bay. He lived and painted at the shore in New Dorp until his death there, aged 71.

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Seascape

Seascape

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Beach and Bay with Sailboats

Beach and Bay with Sailboats

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Along the Maine Coast

Along the Maine Coast (1885)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Seascape, Beached Boat (Ashore on Salisbury Beach)

Seascape, Beached Boat (Ashore on Salisbury Beach) (1872)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
On the Meadows of Old Newburyport

On the Meadows of Old Newburyport (1873)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Coastal View

Coastal View

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Punt on a River

Punt on a River

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Grand Manan

Grand Manan (About 1888)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Seascape (View Near Newport, Rhode Island, off Bristol, Rhode Island)

Seascape (View Near Newport, Rhode Island, off Bristol, Rhode Island) (ca 1885)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Low Tide

Low Tide (1880)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
On the Meadows of Old Newburyport

On the Meadows of Old Newburyport (1873)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Sunset on the Coast

Sunset on the Coast (1880)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Newport Beach

Newport Beach (1872)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
On the Coast

On the Coast (circa 1890)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
New England Coast

New England Coast (ca 1890)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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Afternoon Surf

Afternoon Surf

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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At Water’s Edge

At Water’s Edge

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Lighthouse by the Sea

Lighthouse by the Sea

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Sailboats at Sunset

Sailboats at Sunset

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Seascape

Seascape (1885-1890)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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Twilight in the Wilderness

Twilight in the Wilderness (1865)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Seascape

Seascape (1878)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Fishing Boats at Sea

Fishing Boats at Sea (1876-77)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
A Fair Day On The Coast

A Fair Day On The Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Early Autumn on Esopus Creek

Early Autumn on Esopus Creek (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Late Autumn in the White Mountains

Late Autumn in the White Mountains (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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Late Autumn, Saco River

Late Autumn, Saco River (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Seascape

Seascape (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Spring

Spring (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
Sunset, Shinnecock Bay

Sunset, Shinnecock Bay (1861-1897)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Landscape
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