LPAPA Signature Artist Carl Bretzke
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CarlBretzke.com
Carl Bretzke is an award winning representational oil painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein air landscapes. Carl’s work has been described in the Washington Post as “simultaneously intimate and detached…the artist’s unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school.” Carl holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado, where he also received a minor in Fine Art.
Invited LPAPA Gallery Artist – The Invitational Legacy: Then & Now – June 2026
Distinctive Merit Legacy Award – 27th Laguna Invitational 2025
Laguna Invitational Best in Show – October 2024
PleinAir Today – October 2024
Laguna Invitational Best in Show – October 2021
PleinAir Today – September 2018
Honorable Mention Award – LPAPA’s 10th Less is More – March 2016
