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Nicholas Richard Brewer

Nicholas Richard Brewer (1857 - 1949) was active/lived in Minnesota, Texas.  Nicholas Brewer is known for Landscape and portrait painting of prominent persons.

A prominent 19th century portrait and landscape painter in Minnesota, New York and Texas, Nicholas Brewer was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota and was raised on a farm along the Root River in southeastern Minnesota.

He was a student in New York of Dwight Tryon and Charles Noel Flagg at the National Academy of Design where he also exhibited. He painted a crucifixion in the Cathedral of St. Paul, in Minnesota as well as portraits of many prominent persons in his native state.

Exhibition venues include the Minnesota State Art Society, the Minneapolis Art Institute, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh.

He was a member of the American Federation of Arts, California Art Club and Salmagundi Club.

Brewer wrote an autobiography, Trails of a Paintbrush, published in 1938. It describes his life growing up in rural Minnesota, his travels to St. Paul and later to New York, and his attempts to provide for his family, including ar   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3392 characters.]  Artist bio

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