Anton bruehl photographer biography

Biography.
Early life and career.
Anton Bruehl was born in 1900 of German émigré parents in the small town of Hawker, Australia.

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About

Anton Bruehl not titled [Knitted-to-order sport clothes] 1932
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gift of American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, Inc., New York, NY, USA, made possible with the generous support of Anton Bruehl Jr, 2006
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Bruehl received numerous awards throughout his career. Early on, his 1933 book of black‑and‑white documentary photographs, Mexico, won an award; although, he rarely exhibited or published such personal work—until his 1970 book Tropic patterns on Florida flora. Breuhl did well financially and retired into Florida in the late 1960s. He contributed to a number of New York dealer gallery exhibitions of his work over the decade before his death in San Francisco in 1982, two years after the death of his brother Martin in New York.

Anton’s son, Anton Bruehl Jr visited the National Gallery of Australia in 2001 and felt, somewhat intuitively, that his father wanted him to bring his work home, to Australia. In 2006, through the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, An

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In the spotlight: Anton Bruehl

Australian-born Anton Bruehl (1900–1982) migrated to New York with his brother Martin in 1919. Five years later, Anton enrolled at the Clarence H White School of Photography where he remained as an instructor until 1926, the same year he started his own photography studio.

The Anton Bruehl Studio was immediately successful in magazine advertising and Bruehl also maintained his profile as an art photographer. A new phase of his career began in 1931, when publisher Condé Montrose Nast appointed Bruehl to work with photographer Fernand Bourges to perfect colour photography for Vanity Fair, Vogue and House & Garden magazines.

Bruehl led the new field of colour photography and remained at its forefront until his retirement in 1966. He was best known for his elaborately staged, densely coloured advertisements and theatrical tableaux. American photographer Ansel Adams described his work as being ‘entirely contrived, and yet absolutely sincere’.

In 2006, Anton Bruehl Jr presented over 100 of his father’s photogra

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Anton Bruehl was an American photographer who was born in 1900.

How much does an Anton Bruehl cost?

Anton Bruehl's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 24,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Anton Bruehl's most expensive photography?

Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 24,000 USD for 'HARLEM NUMBER, AT THE VERSAILLE CAFÉ', sold at Sotheby's New York in 2006.

Where can I see Anton Bruehl's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Birmingham Museum of Art have featured Anton Bruehl's work in the past.

Anton Bruehl in the news

Anton Bruehl has been featured in articles for Wallpaper , Sydney Morning Herald and The Brooklyn Rail. The most recent article is How Commercial Photography Sold Modernism written for Hyperallergic in July 2024. The artist died in 1982.