Landscape, Tropical, Palm Trees, Frederic MacNeal, Antique Watercolor (Sold)

Frederic S. MacNeal (act. c. 1901)
Landscape with Palm Trees
American, Early 20th Century
Gouache on illustration board
Signed lower left
17 x 14 inches

Richly colored landscape with palm trees on both sides of a narrow body of water. French Impressionism exerted a strong influence on American painters in the late 19th century, and in this work MacNeal shows that he was conversant with Impressionist ideas about color, light and the landscape. Frederic S. MacNeal was an American painter who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and is best known for his landscapes. He was listed in the American Art Annual of 1901.

Reference:

Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. Who Was Who in American Art. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1985. p. 389