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Sidney Lawrence Brackett

(1852-1910) Sidney Brackett was born in Boston and studied under John B. Johnson and Frederic Porter Vinton. He was a member of the Boston Art Club, where his work appeared in exhibitions throughout the 1890s and into the first decade of the twentieth century. Brackett is best known for his detailed and lifelike animal paintings, which remain among the most outstanding American examples of a genre largely lost today. He successfully combined realism with the 19th century sensibility toward the small pleasures of domestic life, which in Victorian times included portrayals of children and family activities as well as family pets. These paintings are invariably of great charm and humor, presenting dogs, cats, puppies and kittens in amusing and engaging situations. It is a testament not only to Brackett's technical skill, but to his ability to observe his subjects with a certain objective distance that he achieves these scenes without the cloying sweetness found in so much of this genre at the hands of lesser artists. Though Brackett also painted tavern, hunting, and harbor scenes, it is for his special understanding of animals that his works are most prized today.

Biography courtesy of Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, www.antiquesandfineart.com/rking

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