George W. Breck (1863–1920) was a prominent American

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painter. Breck was born in

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to John and Annie Auer Breck. He studied at the

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. In 1896 he won an additional scholarship that sent him to study at the

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, where he studied from 1897 to 1902. In 1903 he married Katherine Head, a native of Chicago. He then served for a few years as president of the Arts Student League of Chicago. In 1904 his work earned him a silver medal from the St. Louis Exhibition, which was part of the

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and Olympics. Then from 1904 to 1909 he was director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. In 1910 he moved to

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and established his studio in New York City.''Dictionary of American Biography'', Vol. 2, p. 3 He died in Flushing on November 22, 1920.

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