Nocturne, 1864

Provenance

Sale, DuMouchelles, Detroit, Michigan, February 14, 2025, Lot 1002
Private collection, New York

Related Works

Lake View, oil on canvas, 12 ³⁄₁₆ x 24 ¹⁄₁₆ inches, signed lower left: A.T. Bricher; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Seascape, late 19^th century, oil on canvas, 18 ⅛× 32 inches, signed lower left: A T Bricher, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

Note

Bricher’s Nocturne captures the “poetry of the atmosphere rather than the prose of physical earth.”[1] His sharp attention to the effects of light and atmosphere demonstrates his ties to Luminism, as he portrayed quiet, light-filled coastal scenes with precise rendering. The forms, often bathed in soft, misty glows, reflect his continued adherence to the Luminist tradition.

[1] William Kloss, Doreen Bolger, Art in the White House: A Nation’s Pride (White House Historical Association in cooperation with the National Geographic Society, 1992), 15.