Christopher Shearer

Christopher High Shearer (1846–1926) was a prolific American painter in Berks County, Pennsylvania, known primarily for his large landscape paintings.

As a boy, Shearer spent time in the studios of artists Francis Daniel Devlan and John Heyl Raser.

At age 18, Christopher showed an interest in painting professionally, and became a student of both Devlan and Raser.

His father helped him by building him a studio in the backyard of his farm in Shearertown (present day Muhlenberg Township).

He later traveled to Europe, abandoning his wife Sallie Shearer and their sons, and studied in Düsseldorf and Munich.

Photographer Unknown, Christopher High Shearer ( American, 1846-1926) in His Studio, black and white photograph, Reading Public Museum, 1996.13.10C
Christopher H. Shearer (American, 1846-1926), Smoky Range, Allegheny Mountains , 1895, oil on canvas, 96 x 192 inches, Reading Public Museum, Gift, Reading Public Library and the City of Reading, 1913.19.6
Christopher H. Shearer (American, 1846 - 1926), Landscape , 1892, oil on canvas, 36" x 54"Reading Public Museum, Gift, Mr. Harold G. Evans, 1976.18.1