Bethia Brehmer
Bethia Brehmer is a prolific artist, and a Google search for her name
turns up numerous matches. She works in the medium of etching and
teaches the subject in various venues. She lives in Wellfleet, MA.
From the Sheboygan Press, Saturday, Sept. 16, 1967: Sheboyganite to Play Recital on UW Carillon
Miss Bethia Brehmer, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin,
will play the 5 p.m. recital Sunday on the University Memorial Carillon.
Her half-hour program will be her third Sunday recital and will include
“University Hymn;” “Aria,” de Paep; “Preludio IX” van den Gehn; “If
Thou Be Near,” J.S. Bach and “Dona Nobis Pacem.”
An arts major, Miss Brehmer has been studying for a year with Prof.
John Harvey, university carillonneur. Her parents are Dr. and Mrs.
Cartlon F. Brehmer, 1024 N. 7th St.
From the Sheboygan Press, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1974:
Former Sheboygan resident, Miss Bethia Brehmer of Amherst, Mass., is
being featured in a one-woman show of etchings at L’Atelier Gallery,
2010 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee. The exhibit opened this month and will continue through Saturday, Feb. 9. An exhibit of glass by Robert Barber of Akron, Ohio, is being featured to complement Miss Brehmer’s work.
Next showing of Miss Brehmer’s works will take place during the month
of Febuary at the Jones Library in Amherst, Mass. She recently had a
one-woman show at the Madison Art Center, prior to the Milwaukee
exhibit. Dr. and Mrs. Carlton F. Brehmer of
Cleveland are parents of the artist. She has a degree from the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a master’s degree in etching
from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Also, she has the
equivalent of a doctor’s degree in fine arts from the UW. The public is invited to attend the Milwaukee showing.
From the Sheboygan Press, Tuesday, June 17, 1975:
The etchings of Miss Bethia Brehmer, formerly of Sheboygan and now of
Orange, Mass., are on exhibit for a month at the Fanny Garber Gallery
in Madison, scene of an opening tea Sunday.
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carlton F. Brehmer of Orchard House in
Cleveland, Miss Brehmer is a career artist, lecturer, tutor and printmaker in Massachusetts.
Miss Brehmer holds the bachelor of science degree with a major in
painting from University of Michigan and both the master of arts and
master of fine arts degrees in printmaking from University of
Wisconsin. She has studied with two internationally known printmakers,
Profs. W. Colescott and D. Meeker. The artist has
been a prizewinner in local art competitions and in art shows around
the state. Her work has been in national competitions from California
to New York and she has bad 25 one-woman shows. In addition, her work has been purchased for both numerous public and private collections. She has appeared frequently as a guest artist in and instructs private etching classes at Amherst, Mass.
