Hugh Breckenridge
Hugh Henry Breckenridge (born October 6, 1870 in Leesburg , Virginia, † November 4, 1937 in Philadelphia ) was an American painter.
Beckenridge studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and in 1892 as a scholarship holder in Paris with William Adolphe Bouguereau , Louis Ferrier and Jacques Doucet . In 1909 he traveled to Europe again with Walter Schofield , whereupon he moved away from his previously more academic style and approached Neo-Impressionism . In the 1920s he found abstract painting ; in his late work he also falls back on Neo-Impressionism.
Breckenridge's works have been shown at many solo and group shows in the United States; he has received many awards. Breckenridge was also commercially successful, particularly with numerous portraits.
As a university lecturer he was active at several institutes, including 1894-1937 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and 1919-1937 as director of the Maryland Institute in Baltimore . In the summer months 1900-1918 he taught at the from him and Thomas Pollock Anshutz founded Darby School of Painting in Darby (from 1902 in Fort Washington ) and 1920 to 1937 on its own Breckenridge School in Gloucester (Massachusetts) .
Web links
- Detailed biography of Aubrey E. MacDonald on the Sullivan Goss Gallery (English)
- Article with images of paintings
- Biographical data at artinvested.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Breckenridge, Hugh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breckenridge, Hugh Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leesburg , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1937 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |