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An example of work by Anne Milly Bremer
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Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Beverly Hills:
| Anne Bremer was a native San Franciscan, born in 1868. She studied locally at the Mark Hopkins Institute, in New York at the Art Students League, and in Paris at the Academies Julian, Moderne, and La Palette.
Upon her return to the U.S., Bremer brought with her a strong voice for the modernist style of painting she had developed. Bremer exhibited frequently in San Francisco, and was a bronze medalist in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition.
Anne Bremer died in San Francisco in 1923 of complications from leukemia. |
Biography from AskART:
| Anne Bremer was a modern painter, known for still lifes and landscapes. Influenced by cubism and futurism, she was praised for her use of vibrant color and dramatic line.
Born in 1868, she was a native of San Francisco and a crusader for the modern art movement. She specialized in painting local landscapes and her subjects often included old barns and abandoned buildings. She often found inspiration for her paintings in the areas outside of San Francisco including, Marin County, Belvedere, Monterey and Saratoga.
Bremer began her art studies at the Mark Hopkins Institute and the Art Students League in San Francisco where she studied under Emil Carlsen and Arthur Mathews. In
1910-1911, she was in Paris, France to study at the Academies Moderne and La Palette, and while there exhibited at the Salon d'Automne. She also traveled to Barbizon and Brittany.
She received critical acclaim in Paris and New York but exhibited mainly in San Francisco where she was president of the San Francisco Sketch Club from 1905 to 1907 and a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Art Association. She held solo exhibitions at Hill Tolerton Gallery, San Francisco (1916, 1922), the S.F. Print Rooms (1923), and the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts in 1923. In 1915 she earned a bronze medal in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. In her later years she was diagnosed with leukemia and died in San Francisco in 1923.
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Anne M. Bremer: Selected Chronology by Ann Harlow, updated in March of 2006:
1868 Born in San Francisco, May 21, to Joseph Bremer and Minna Loewinsohn Bremer, immigrants from Germany
About 1889 Studies at Art Students’ League, San Francisco
1892 Rents studio space at Art Students’ League (no longer operating as a school)
About 1897-98 Studies at California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, San Francisco, under directorship of Arthur Mathews
1898 Receives University of California Certificate of Proficiency, Drawing
1898 Four paintings included in San Francisco Sketch Club 12th semi-annual exhibition, December; serves on board of Sketch Club
1901 Joins new San Francisco secessionist group, California Society of Artists
1902 Opens studio at 1318 Sutter St. and offers art classes, including outdoor sketching
By 1906 Becomes president of San Francisco Sketch Club
1907 Begins exhibiting at Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery, Monterey
1910-12 Goes to New York City (living there by Jan. 1910; probably studies at Art Students League at this time) and France (by summer 1910); studies at La Palette and with André Lhote; paints in Paris, Barbizon, Brittany and Italy
1911 Included in Salon d’Automne, Paris
1912 Solo exhibition at galleries of Vickery, Atkins and Torrey, San Francisco
1912 Solo exhibition (40 works) at St. Francis Hotel, Rose Room
By 1913 Develops Studio Building, 1369 Post St., in partnership with Albert Bender and Spencer and Constance Macky
1913 Solo exhibition, Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, January 18-February 8
1914 Paints The Year’s at the Spring, mural (on canvas) for Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco
1914 Solo exhibition at Helgesen Galleries, San Francisco
1915 Receives Bronze Medal in Painting at Panama Pacific International Exposition
1915 Three-person “Modern School” exhibition (with Henry Varnum Poor of Stanford and Jerome Blum of Chicago), Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles; begins exhibiting with Los Angeles-based California Art Club
1916 Elected Secretary, San Francisco Art Association
1916 Paints (on canvas) a mural panel for San Jose YWCA building, memorial to Dr. Howard E. Gates
1916 Solo exhibition at Hill Tolerton Galleries; Green Gables purchased for Walter Collection of San Francisco Art Association
1917 Exhibits in Society of Independent Artists First Annual Exhibition, New York
1917 Solo exhibition of 27 oils at Arlington Galleries, 274 Madison Ave., New York
1917 In Society of Independent Artists second annual, New York
1918 Receives Bronze Medal in Painting for The Lacquer Screen at San Francisco Art Association Annual
1922 Included in Western Association of Art Museum Directors traveling exhibition of Selected Work by Western Painters
1922 Solo exhibition, Print Rooms, San Francisco
1923 Dies at home in San Francisco, October 26
1923 Memorial exhibitions at Print Rooms and San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts (Palace of Fine Arts)
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Biography from AskART:
| | Born in San Francisco, CA on May 21, 1868 of German parents. Bremer began her art studies locally at the School of Design and ASL under Emil Carlsen and Arthur Mathews followed by study in Paris with André Lhote and at Académies Julian, Moderne and La Palette. After her studies she was a strong crusader for the modern art movement. At the turn of the century her avant-garde approach departed greatly from the more accepted, academic style of that period. Her early works are moody, tonal pieces akin to those of Whistler, while those after 1911 are influenced by Post-Impressionism. Her subjects include old barns, dilapidated buildings, and landscapes of Saratoga, San Jose, Monterey and Belvedere as well as portraits and still lifes. A spinster and lifelong resident of San Francisco, she died there on Oct. 26, 1923, a victim of leukemia. Member: SF Women Artists; SFAA; Calif. Art Club; Sketch Club (SF). Exh: Salon d'Automne (Paris); SFAA, 1903-22 (silver medals); Del Monte Art Gallery (Monterey), 1907-14; Vickery Atkins & Torrey Gallery (SF), 1912 (solo); PPIE, 1915 (bronze medal); Golden Gate Park Museum, 1915, 1916; Hill Tolerton Gallery (SF), 1916, 1922 (solos); Arlington Gallery (NYC), 1917 (solo); Palace of FA (SF), 1919, 1923 (solo); Print Rooms (SF), 1922, 1923 (solos); Calif. Palace of FA, 1923. In: SFMA; Mills College (Oakland); Oakland Museum; San Jose YWCA (memorial panel); Mt Zion Hospital, SF (mural); Monterey Peninsula Museum; Irvine (CA) Museum. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1919; Art in California (R. L. Bernier, 1916); California Art Research, 20 volumes; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); California Impressionism (Wm. Gerdts & Will South); Women Artists of the American West; SF Examiner, 10-27-1923 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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Anne Bremer is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
The California Art Club
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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