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Christian Brechneff
b.  1950


Christian Brechneff was born in the Belgian Congo in 1950, raised in Switzerland and later studied in the United States. In 1975 he received a MFA from London’s College of Art. Known internationally for his exuberantly expressive pastel and oil landscapes as well as his ruddy ink flower drawings, Brechneff has won numerous awards. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the globe including Daniel Blaise Thorens Fine Art Gallery in Basel, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery in Athens, Karouzou Gallery in Zurich, and now at Hal Bromm Gallery in Tribeca.

Brechneff began creating sunscapes from his rooftop on Sifnos, Greece where he has lived each summer since the early 70s. His work moves seamlessly from sunrises to sunsets, continually deploying striking contrasts and fervent gestures. In 1999, he traveled to South Africa and continued to paint sunrises and sunsets in Rock Tail Bay and Kwa Zulu Natal, returning there again in 2000. The following year, determined to paint the Pacific Ocean, he traveled to Haramara, Mexico near Sayulito Puerto Vallarte to capture the depth of colors behind the endless expanse of sea. 

Next on his quest, Brechneff stayed closer to New York City, drawing sunsets on Long Island, working from an ocean front guest house in the dunes. Here Brechneff created his warm East Hampton series in dry pastel. Tracking the sun’s changing reflections on the Aegean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Brechneff returned to the Caribbean Sea for his most recent Pic Paradis pastels. 

Brechneff turned to painting the four seasons- an organic expansion for an artist obsessed with capturing the unstable forces of nature- when he returned to Switzerland to capture the Swiss Alps in Sils Maria. He continued this theme when he went to Venice working from the seafront in Giudecca. 


Exhibition History:

40: The Anniversary Show
Pic Paradis, St. Martin: The February and March 2020 Sunset Pastels

Metamorphosis
The Queer Show: Part I
2016
2020
2021
2021
2024


Now on view:

Lucio Pozzi
Cornucopia: the Bielefeld Watercolors


Through May 10, 2025
Upcoming:
May 22 - The Queer Show Part II
Opening Reception 6-8 pm
@ Hal Bromm Gallery

September 19 - 50: The View From Tribeca
Opening Reception 6-8 pm
@  Hal Bromm Gallery