Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme Connecticut Red House by George M. Bruestle

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Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of Connecticut red house by George M. Bruestle (American, 1871 - 1939), November … Read more Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of Connecticut red house by George M. Bruestle (American, 1871 - 1939), November 1914. Signed lower left and on verso. Dated on verso. Presented in gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 8"H x 10"W.

George Matthew Bruestle is an American Realist/Impressionist painter known for his intimate landscapes. Born and raised in New York City, Bruestle studied at the Art Students' League of New York in 1886 at the young age of fifteen and later in Paris. That same year, Bruestle visited Essex, CT and eventually purchased a second home in Hadlyme, Old Lyme as the Art Colony formed. Bruestle's main studio was in New York City.

Inspired by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot [1796-1875] and other French landscape painters, Bruestle's style was a mix of Early Realism and Early Impressionist techniques. He was an adept draftsman and his paintings favored earlier European examples but, later took on a brighter Impressionist palette and brushy quality of the Old Lyme Art Colony.

He died in 1939 in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 67.

Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Paris Salon of 1895, Paris, France
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Collections:
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Organizations:
Old Lyme Art Colony
The Society of American Artists
The National Arts Club
Allied Artists of America
The Salmagundi Club
The Lotos Club See less