Oil wash on paperboard, signed lower right, presented behind glass in a period gilt frame.

Board size 20 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 24 x 34 in.

Alexander specialized in painted scenes in watercolor and oil of the Louisiana landscape. His tonalist style was inspired by the works of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) and George Inness (1825-1894). In New Orleans at the age of seventeen, he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). Later in New York, he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from both Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. One of his last works was a mural for the Shushan (New York) Airport administration building. Drysdale was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, and his work was in the permanent collection of the Delgado Museum for many years.

Yellowing varnish and toning to paperboard; some small areas of edge loss to paperboard from framing.

$1,000 - 2,000