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Karl Albert Buehr

Karl Albert Buehr (1866 - 1952) was active/lived in Illinois, Vermont / France.  Karl Buehr is known for Impressionist landscape, figure and portrait painting, etching.

One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter.  As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare.  In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration.  In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the Chicago Times Herald described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . . . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68)

Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who emigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869.  He was first exposed to his signature style of Impressionism in 1888 when he enrolled in night classes at the Art Instit   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3070 characters.]  Artist bio

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