John Leslie Breck
ARTISTJohn Leslie Breck (1860–1899) was an American artist who died at the age of 38. During his short life he painted a number of notable works, and is credited with introducing Impressionism to the United States with a show in Boston in 1890. He died in 1899, reported as death by asphyxiation from lighting gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.
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John Leslie Breck, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by John Leslie Breck (American, 1860–1899) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
John Leslie Breck (1860–1899) was an American artist who died at the age of 38. During his short life he painted a number of notable works, and is credited with introducing Impressionism to the United States with a show in Boston in 1890. He died in 1899, reported as death by asphyxiation from lighting gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of John Leslie Breck's work on the site falls under Landscape (5), Figurative (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Impressionism (6).
Culture: American (6).
By orientation: 5 landscape, 1 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1888 to 1895.
Other American artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Charles Dana Gibson — 1,164 artworks
- Winslow Homer — 1,138 artworks
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler — 881 artworks
- John Singer Sargent — 728 artworks
- Joseph Pennell — 676 artworks
- Udo Keppler — 629 artworks
- James McNeill Whistler — 609 artworks
- Thomas Nast — 488 artworks
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Sizes and framing
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