Henry Charles Brewer (1866–1950) Siogned hand Coloured Etching

50 x 39 cm

Signed 

unframed 

Henry Charles Brewer (1866–1950) was a British painter well known in the first half of the 20th century for his watercolour landscapes and architectural paintings.

Born on 25 May 1866 in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Henry Charles Brewer was part of a family of leading professional artists. His father was the architectural illustrator Henry William Brewer, and his brother was the creator of etchings, James Alphege Brewer. Their elder brother was the novelist and organist John Francis Brewer. Brewer's paternal grandfather was the historian John Sherren Brewer and their great uncle was E. Cobham Brewer, compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. He was educated at St Charles College, Kensington.