Alexander John Drysdale (American, 1870-1934), Louisiana Bayou Landscape with Live Oak

Watercolor on paperboard, signed at lower right, presented in a giltwood frame.

Sheet sight 8 x 17 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 12 x 22 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Alexander specialized in painted scenes of the Louisiana landscape in watercolor and oil. 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.

Even toning to the sheet, a few barely visible spots, not examined outside the frame.