page_title: John Leslie Breck
hierarchical_section_title: John Leslie Breck
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of John Leslie Breck
context_page_description: John Leslie Breck was an American artist who died at the age of 39. 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 gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.
context_section_description: John Leslie Breck (1859 - 1899) was an American artist who died at the age of 39.  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 gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.  His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.
caption: John Leslie Breck, by James Carroll Beckwith.
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