Henry Charles Brewer

Henry Charles Brewer (1866–1950) was a British painter well known in the first half of the 20th century for his watercolour landscapes and architectural paintings.

[1] Born on 25 May 1866 in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Henry Charles Brewer was part of a family of leading professional artists.

[7] Brewer studied at Westminster School of Art with Frederick Brown and thereafter travelled extensively abroad in search of subjects.

[1] His watercolours are loose an atmospheric, and he particularly enjoyed skies at dawn and sunset.His subjects include Cathedrals and other ecclesiastical and historical buildings, as well as pastoral and urban scenes.

In 1928 however, he was commissioned to create wall paintings in the Lady Chapel of St Peter's Church, Ealing.

It is believed that the artist's brother James Alphege Brewer is the model for the face of the Angel Gabriel.