This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Henry Breuer earned a reputation as
a well-known "painter of poetic landscapes." (Hughes 145) He
studied art during the 1870s in Buffalo, New York, and then worked as a
designer-decorator for the Rockwood Pottery Company in Cincinnati where
he also attended the Art Academy. He worked for five years as a
lithographer in New York City.
In 1888, he settled in San Francisco where he became art editor for the San Francisco Chronicle and Californian
magazine. Then he went to France for art study and was influenced
by the Barbizon School of impressionist painters of rural landscapes.
Living out of a horse-drawn wagon, he traveled extensively along the
western coast of California and Oregon, painting and earning a national
reputation for his landscapes. He also painted in Arizona including
Canyon de Chelly in Navajo country and did commissioned views of the
San Gabriel Valley for the St. Louis Exposition in 1904.
Sources:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
Peggy and Harold Samuels, The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West |
Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Beverly Hills:
| Henry Breuer was born in Philadelphia in 1860. His first art instruction came in the 1870’s in Buffalo, New York, and between 1880-1882 he worked at the Rookwood Pottery Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. While at Rookwood, Breuer took advantages of classes that were available to him.
Following a 10-year stay in San Francisco, Breuer traveled to Paris for study. Upon his return to U.S., Breuer embarked on a painting expedition that took him up and down the coasts of Oregon and California. Henry Breuer exhibited extensively, often to great acclaim. He was awarded a gold medal for his entry in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco. |
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Henry Breuer is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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