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Christopher High Shearer

Christopher High Shearer (1846 - 1926) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / Germany.  Christopher Shearer is known for Landscape, coastal, wildlife paintings.

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Landscape artist, Christopher Shearer was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1846. As a child, Shearer spent time in the studios of artists F. D. Devlan and J. Heyl, and in 1864, he produced his first painting.

He became a student, of both Devlan and Raser, and his father helped him by building him a studio in the backyard of his Shearertown farm. At the age of 21, Shearer opened a studio in Reading and was very successful in selling his works.
He later traveled to Europe, and studied in Dusseldorf and Munich. In 1878, on a return trip to Germany, he was awarded a Gold Medal by the Dusseldorf School of Art. Shearer exhibited his works at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the art exhibition of the Centennial.

He also had many of his works hanging in the Reading Museum. His paintings are part of several collections, including ones in Canada, Australia, Germany, and America.

Shearer was a teacher, as well as being an artist. He also enjoyed collectin   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1676 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Christopher High Shearer available:    John Berninger,  Frederick Spang,  Thomas Bigelow Craig,  Francis Devlan,  John Raser,  Ben Austrian,  Victor Shearer,  Antonio Martino,  George Jensen,  Walter Emerson Baum,  Earl Lincoln Poole,  Henry Rand,  Mary B Leisz,  William Francis Taylor,  Albert Van Nesse Greene,  Samuel Phillips,  David Ellinger,  Edward Howell,  Arthur Meltzer,  Frederick Wagner,  Mary Russell Smith,  Cesare Ricciardi,  Hattie Klapp Brunner,  Carol Sirak



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Christopher High Shearer


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Townscape, Village Scenes
  • Tropical Landscape Scenes
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Hudson River Valley, New York
  • White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
  • Brooklyn Art Association
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
  • Professional Museum and/or Gallery Administrator
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Boston Art Club-
  • Brooklyn Art Association-
  • National Academy of Design, New York

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