Whaleback Lighthouse

Catalog no. 0001151

MediumOil on Canvas
Size22 x 32 Inches

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About the artist

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Bricher grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts where he was influenced by the local scenes of artist's such as Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade. By 1858, after art studies at the Lowell Institute, he was painting full time along the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts. With his strong vision of natural beauty, Bricher caught with growing power the transcendence and luminosity of light in paintings that are filled with abiding calm and serenity. As one observer of a Bricher scene noted; "He makes water sparkle like diamonds in a silver setting". He was a…

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