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Alexander John Drysdale

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Alexander John Drysdale (1870 - 1934) was active/lived in Louisiana.  Alexander Drysdale is 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 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 inspired by local subjects, especially swamp or bayou areas and other desolate wetlands.  Over a p   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6904 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Alexander John Drysdale
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art Only in Louisiana February 1995 Kemp, John R Yes
18 Book References for Alexander John Drysdale
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2000 Bragg, Jean; Dr. Susan Saward Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans 72 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Delehanty, Randolph Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection 292 Yes
1992 Pennington, Estill Curtis A Southern Collection 246 Yes
1991 Pennington, Estill Curtis Downriver Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950 208 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Pennington, Estill Curtis Look Away: Reality and Sentiment in Southern Art 200 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Buechner, Howard MD Drysdale (1870-1934) Artist of Myth and Legend 117 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Chambers, Bruce W Art and Artists of the South Robert P Coggins Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 149 Yes
1983 Virginia Museum, Richmond Painting in the South: 1564-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 362 Yes
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1969 Anglo-American Art Museum The Louisiana Landscape 1800-1969 48 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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