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Christopher High Shearer (1846–1926) was a prolific United States painter in Berks County Pennsylvania known primarily for his large landscape paintings. Christopher Shearer was born May 18 1846 in Reading Pennsylvania to Christopher and Catherine Shearer. 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.