RENAISSANCE ART, RESTORATION & ARCHITECTURE
There is no real future without preserving our history and our culture ~ Dan Tarnoveanu

There is no real future without preserving our history and our culture ~ D.T.

Adrian Brewer Paintings Collection Restoration

Adrian Brewer Paintings Collection Restoration. c. 20th C. Oil on Canvas, Department of Special Collections, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library,
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

The Department of Special Collections at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library houses the University of Saint Thomas Libraries' collection of rare books and manuscripts, as well as, the University Archives. Special Collections also host the Adrian Brewer paintings collection. A well known prolific portrait and landscape painter who received special attention for his impressionist style of work. Adrian Brewer was born in St. Paul, Minnesota; he was raised between St. Paul and New York City.

The oil on canvas/panel paintings from the Special Collections are portraits: archbishops and reverends and landscapes. They are located in the Special Collections department, Archbishop’s Apartment, President’s House, and many other spaces in the campus.

Partial list of the Brewer Paintings restored by Dan Tarnoveanu:

Archbishop Austin Dowling- portrait
Archbishop John Ireland - portrait
Rev. Humphrey Moynihan - portrait
Rev. James Byrne - portrait
Rev. Thomas Cullen - portrait
After the First Snow
Cloud Shadows
Half Done
Hills of San Gabriel
In the Tennessee Smokies
Laguna Canyon
Late November
Old Apple Tree
Tropical Scene

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