Description: A fine impressionist painting of a meandering stream flanked by forests and a pale blue sky in the distance by American artist John Leslie Breck (1860-1899). Breck was born in the South Pacific aboard a ship (his father was a Navy captain), and grew up near Boston. He obtained his art training at the Munich Royal Academy, learning rapid brushstroke and dark Tonalism. Beginning in 1886, he studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, and soon became one of the original settlers of the important Impressionist art colony in Giverny, France. At Giverny, Breck not only came to know Monet, he also became romantically involved with his stepdaughter, Blanche Hoschede-Monet. Monet intervened, however, and the disappointed suitor Breck left Giverny in 1890 and returned to Boston via England and California. Breck's achievements as an American artist constituted some of the earliest fully realized impressionistic paintings in the United States. His works influenced the positive movement of Impressionism that occurred in the Boston area in the late 1880s and 1890s. One of the first Americans to paint in the Impressionist style.John Leslie Breck earned himself the title "the father of American Impressionism" Oil on panel, signed lower right, and housed in an old wood frame. the frame is pale gray with a gilt gold edge. Dimensions: painting size 18 in H x 24 in W, Framed actual size ; 23in H x 29 in W x 2 in D.
Price: 52500 USD
Location: Oceanside, California
End Time: 2025-01-23T23:06:58.000Z
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Production Technique: Oil Painting
Artist: John Leslie Breck
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Size: Medium
Theme: Nature
Style: Impressionism
Material: Canvas, canvas panel
Subject: Landscape
