Hugh H. Breckenridge was a prominent American modernist painter, color theorist, and educator. Trained in Philadelphia and Paris, he began his career with Impressionist landscapes but later embraced... View More

Hugh H. Breckenridge was a prominent American modernist painter, color theorist, and educator. Trained in Philadelphia and Paris, he began his career with Impressionist landscapes but later embraced a bold, expressive style that bordered on abstraction.

As an influential teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Breckenridge shaped a generation of American artists. His passion for color, dynamic composition, and progressive thinking placed him at the heart of American modern art’s evolution in the early 20th century.