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John Leslie Breck

American1860–1899Impressionism

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John Leslie Breck (1860–1899) was an American artist who died at the age of 38. During his short life he painted a number of notable works, and is credited with introducing Impressionism to the United States with a show in Boston in 1890. He died in 1899, reported as death by asphyxiation from lighting gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.

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