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Lyme Art Colony
American, (December 21, 1871–August 14, 1939) In Lyme: 1900-1927
George M. Bruestle (1871-1939) was born in New York City. He started his art studies when he was fifteen years old enrolling in the Art Students League where he studied under Mowbray. In 1890 around the time of his first trip to Paris he turned to Impressionism. Bruestle moved to Paris in 1893 and remained until 1896. Upon his return he became a successful illustrator in New York for Harper’s between 1897 and 1901. Throughout this time he made trips to Essex and Lyme where he loved to paint and sketch.
In 1900 when the Lyme Art Colony was officially formed, he was spending time in Hadlyme. In 1901 he married Emma Thomsen. The following year, they had a son, Bertram. In 1905 they bought a house in the Hamburg section of Lyme. It became their summer residence. They continued to reside in Manhattan during the winter.
Bruestle is best remembered for his small and intimate oil paintings of the Lyme countryside. Although family life in Hamburg kept George from participating in a number of the festivities held at Miss Florence Griswold’s house, where the art colony was centered, he was still very much involved in colony activities and a close friend to many of the artists. In 1923 he was named secretary of the Lyme Art Association.
Aside from his association with the Lyme Art Colony, his work was widely exhibited. During the First World War he exhibited with a group called "Painter Friends" made up of neighbors Guy Wiggins, Wilson Irvine, and Edward Volkert, as well as George Macrum, Robert Nisbet and Carl Nordell. In 1931 his work was among 42 canvases selected by The American Federation of Arts in Washington, D.C. for a traveling exhibition.
His awards include the Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1930 and the Vezin Prize, 1935.
He was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the Allied Artists of America, the Lotos Club, the National Arts Club, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Lyme Art Association, and the Associate National Academy.
George Bruestle died on August 14, 1939.
Bruestle Study Collection 1997.10.72
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Bruestle Study Collection - Barns 1997.10.58
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Bruestle Study Collection - Cattle 1997.10.76
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Bruestle Study Collection - Lyme 1997.10.75
Bruestle Study Collection - Portrait 1997.10.40
Bruestle Study Collection - St. Paul 1997.10.65
Bruestle Study Collection - Village Scene 1997.10.71
Hamburg Cove 2022.22.14
Landscape 1999.28.16
Landscape-Green Trees, 1916 1981.87
Light and Shadows 2002.1.22
Lyme Landscape (#400) 2002.1.20
Lyme Landscape (#401) 2002.1.21
New England Hills 1999.28.1
On the Maine Coast 2010.8
Self Portrait 1999.14
Study of a Nude Male Figure 1997.10.1
Sunlight and Shadows 1994.7
The Brook 1983.16
The Lane 1998.7.5
The Road Over the Hill 1973.17.1
Untitled (Landscape with Barn) 2013.2.4
Untitled (Landscape) 2012.14.2
Untitled Autumn Landscape 1998.7.10
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Untitled Landscape 2000.6.3
Untitled Landscape - Blue Sky 1998.7.1
Untitled Landscape with Barn 1998.7.13
Untitled Landscape with Farm 1998.7.14
Untitled Seascape 1998.7.16
Untitled Seascape 1998.7.18
Untitled Seascape with Sailboat 1998.7.15
Untitled Winter Landscape 1998.7.2
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Untitled Winter Landscape 1998.7.3
Winter Landscape 1981.3.5