Student Artwork Guide
Copyright This work is in the public domain. Alfred Thompson Bricher died in 1908; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1978.
In context
White Caps — Alfred Thompson Bricher
Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 71 at death.
Painted when the artist was 48. The artist lived to 71. 49 of the 60 dated works by this artist in our catalogue came earlier.
Shaded: the lifetime of Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908) ▲ this work, 1885 every dated painting, decade by decade
First works: up to 1868 Main working years: 1868–1882 Late works: from 1882
Those three bands split the works this catalogue has a date for into a first quarter, a middle half and a last quarter. They are not the artist’s complete output: a thin stretch may be a gap in the record rather than a quiet spell. The same years with the artist’s life laid along them
Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.
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Measured from the image
Main colour
Phthalo Green #232118
Catalogued palette
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The ten leading countries
Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.
Together these works take 52.1% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 237 works by this artist, of which 61 were looked at at least once. This painting ranks 3 of them, with 3.5% of that attention. The same counts, month by month
Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.
Artist and museum
Born in Portsmouth, United States of America
alfred thompson bricher, a prominent figure in the hudson river school, was born on april 10, 1837, in portsmouth, new hampshire. he received his education at an academy in newburyport, massachusetts, which laid the foundation for his future artistic pursuits.
bricher began his career as a businessman in boston, massachusetts, but his true passion lay in art. he studied at the lowell institute and with notable artists like albert bierstadt, william morris hunt, and others. bricher's artistic style was characterized by his remarkable skill in capturing landscape studies from nature. after 1858, he devoted himself to art as a profession, opening a studio in boston and later moving to new york city in 1868.
* morning at grand manan (1878), a notable work showcasing bricher's mastery of watercolor paintings. elected as an associate member of the national academy of design in 1879. featured in the collection of the high museum of art in atlanta, united states, which can be explored through [https://AllPaintingsStore.com/@@/a@d3b7w9-high-museum-of-art-atlanta-united-states](https://AllPaintingsStore.com/@@/a@d3b7w9-high-museum-of-art-atlanta-united-united states).
as the last painter of the hudson river school, bricher's style, which included landscapes and luminism, eventually fell out of favor with the rise of modern art. however, by the 1980s, his work gained renewed attention, and he was recognized as one of the 19th century's greatest maritime painters.
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discover the evolution of western art through the centuries on the wahoo art timeline: /en/art/list/
learn more about bricher's life and works on wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alfred_thompson_bricher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alfred_thompson_bricher)
key dates: april 10, 1837 - born in portsmouth, new hampshire 1868 - moved to new york city * september 30, 1908 - passed away at the age of 71
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Look closely
White Caps — Alfred Thompson Bricher
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