Carl Bretzke

 

Highway 1, Oil on aluminum

Carl Bretzke is an American painter and illustrator known for his landscape paintings and portrait commissions. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1948 and received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1971. Bretzke has exhibited his work widely in the United States and his paintings are held in numerous private and public collections, including the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Racine Art Museum. Bretzke is known for his detailed and realistic paintings of landscapes, cityscapes, and still lifes, and he often works in oil or pastel.