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1870 Marietta, Georgia - 1934 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Bayou landscape, marshes and portrait painting.
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became... Read full biography
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and... Read full biography
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he... Read full biography
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. Apparently he remained in New York for about five years and did not go to Europe for further study. After some time Drysdale began... Read full biography
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. Apparently he remained in New York for about five years and did not go to Europe for further study. After some time Drysdale began specializing in landscapes, executed in a tonalist manner. Back in New Orleans, Drysdale was ins... Read full biography
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Keywords (31)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Orleans Before 1940
Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association
Art Teacher
- •Charles Curran
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •George Inness
- •Ida Haskell
- •Robert Henri
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Exhibition of Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association-