The Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens

Henry Charles Brewer 1866-1950
The Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens

Signed lower right: HC BREWER 1886
Watercolour over pencil
264 x 359 mm., 10 ¼ x 14 in.

Brewer was born in Wurzberg, Germany into a family of artists. He studied at Westminster School of Art and travelled widely in Europe and North Africa from a young age. The present watercolour dates from an early visit to Greece. He specialised in views of buildings and monuments and his later work has an architectural feel.