HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE (American 1870 -1937). The Phlox Garden, circa 1906. Oil on canvas. 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)...

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HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE (American 1870 -1937)
The Phlox Garden, circa 1906
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Signed lower right: Hugh H. Breckenridge
Incription verso: The Phlox Garden by Hugh H. Breckenridge

Exhibitions:
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, Massachusetts, Exhibtion of Paintings by Hugh H. Breckenridge, December 8-30, 1907, no. 9;
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Catalogue of Collection Pictures by Hugh H. Breckenridge, 1908, no. 9

A native of Virginia, Breckenridge attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he eventually taught after traveling and studying abroad. He is recognized as one of the leading Impressionist landscape painters of his time.

The Phlox Garden features the garden of Breckenridge's home in Fort Washington, dubbed "Phloxdale" because of the profusion of the flower on his property. In his landscape paintings, Breckenridge sought to represent every season and mood of nature, as well as a variety of light effects.



More information about Breckenridge, Hugh Henry. See also: Hugh Henry Breckenridge Artist.

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