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Samuel BrecherSamuel Brecher WPA Artist Mid Century Mod Modernist Oil Painting Circus Clowns1953
1953
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American artist Samuel Brecher (New York, 1897-1982)
Oil on Canvas,
Hand signed "S.Brecher" lower right.
Dimensions: Frame size: 24 X 30 image 17.5 X 23.5
Provenance: Marbella Gallery label verso.
Brecher was a very accomplished painter who won over forty prestigious prizes and awards during his career, and had numerous one-man exhibitions. Brecher’s works are included in many important private collections as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walker Art Museum, the Smithsonian and the Newark Museum of Art. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and is a member of the Salmugundi Club* and the National Academy of Art
Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains, now a part of Poland. His family came to New York in 1910, where Samuel graduated from Cooper Union* in 1921. He studied Art at the National Academy of Design* from 1921-1924, and continued studies under Charles W. Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Brecher was represented by several well known New York City galleries in the 1940’s and 1950’s including the Kraushaar Gallery, the ACA Gallery, the Hudson Walker Gallery and the Merrill Gallery. During his career he won over forty prestigious prizes and awards and had numerous one-man shows. Some of Brechers’s contemporary artist friends were Walt Kuhn, Reginald Marsh, Richard Hayley Lever, and Raphael Soyer. You can see the influences of these artists in the style and subject matter of Brecher’s work. He was one of the mid century Jewish WPA artists in New York along with Raphael Soyer, Moses Soyer, Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Lee Krasner, Philip Guston, Adolph Gottlieb, Louise Nevelson and Harry Sternberg.
- Creator:Samuel Brecher (1897-1982, American)
- Creation Year:1953
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38217479312
Samuel Brecher
Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains, now a part of Poland. His family came to New York in 1910, where Samuel graduated from Cooper Union in 1921. He studied art at the National Academy of Design from 1921–24 and continued studies under Charles W. Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Brecher was represented by several well known New York City galleries in the 1940s and 1950s, including the Kraushaar Galleries, the ACA Galleries, the Hudson Walker Gallery and the Merrill Gallery. During his career, he won over 40 prestigious prizes and awards and had numerous one-man shows. Brecher's works are included in many important private collections as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walker Art Museum, the Smithsonian and the Newark Museum of Art. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and is a member of the Salmagundi Club and the National Academy of Art.
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