Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908) was an American painter associated with the Hudson River School and the White Mountain school of landscape painting. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Bricher initially worked in business in Boston before turning fully to art in the late 1850s. He studied with prominent painters including Albert Bierstadt and William Morris Hunt, developing a strong interest in painting directly from nature.
After moving to New York in 1868, Bricher became known for his luminous coastal scenes and maritime landscapes, often rendered in watercolor. He was elected to the American Watercolor Society in 1873 and gained recognition for works inspired by the rocky shores of New England and Grand Manan Island in Canada. His paintings are admired for their delicate treatment of light, atmosphere, and reflections on water, qualities closely associated with American Luminism. Although his reputation declined with the rise of Modernism, Bricher is now regarded as one of the finest nineteenth-century American marine painters.
