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Alfred Thompson Bricher - On the Meadows of Old Newburyport

On the Meadows of Old Newburyport (1873)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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The Artist died in 1908 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
Alfred Thompson Bricher

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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Spring

Spring (1861-1897)

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White Head, Monhegan

White Head, Monhegan

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Sunset, Shinnecock Bay

Sunset, Shinnecock Bay (1861-1897)

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Twilight in the Wilderness

Twilight in the Wilderness (1865)

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Seascape, Beached Boat (Ashore on Salisbury Beach)

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

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Winter in Maine

Winter in Maine (1887)

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

Newport Beach (1872)

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Seascape

Seascape (1885-1890)

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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)
Sailboats at Sunset

Sailboats at Sunset

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Breaking Waves

Breaking Waves (circa 1882)

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

Grand Manan (About 1888)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Castle Rock, Marblehead

Castle Rock, Marblehead (1878)

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
Reflected Reeds

Reflected Reeds (c. 1875)

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

Afternoon Surf

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
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