Mary De Neale Morgan Listed CA Artist "Gray Bay Cliffside" 12X16 oil on masonite

Description: MARY DE NEALE MORGAN (American, 1868-1948), "Gray Bay-Cliffside," This painting appears to have ben painted on site at Point Lobos near Carmel, CA. It may well be a painting of the famous cliffside tree, :The Old Veteran". Details:oil on masonite 12 x 16 inches, signed lower right. Titled and numbered verso.In nice vintage condition. You can see flecks of sand in the paint. Framed in a hand carved, solid wood, 22k gold leaf frame by Shawn Speck. Measures 20 X 24 inches. We accept Ebay Pay and Pay Pal. Shipping is free to the buyer. Mary De Neale Morgan 1896-1940 Mary DeNeale Morgan was known for her pastel paintings and etching and as a longtime California artist, left a great legacy as a teacher and organizer as well as painter. In addition to pastel, she worked in tempera, oil, and watercolor, and painted sand dunes, adobes, landscapes, and the wind-swept cypresses of the Monterey Peninsula. She was born in San Francisco, California on May 24, 1868, and as a child of two years, moved to Oakland where her father, Thomas Morgan, was the city engineer. She was a favorite pupil of William Keith from her youth until the time of his death. Morgan also studied at the School of Design under Virgil Williams, Soren Carlsen, Amedee Joullin and Arthur Mathews. In 1896, she opened a studio in Oakland and, for a brief time, taught art at Oakland High School. In 1910, she settled in Carmel, where she had had a studio from 1904, and from Sydney Yard, she bought his studio home located on Lincoln near Seventh Street. In Carmel, she became a vital part of the art community. She was a pupil in William Merritt Chase's summer classes there in 1914, and from 1917 to 1925 was director of the Carmel School of Art. She was also a founder of the Carmel Art Association. Living for many years on this Monterey peninsula, she was a prolific painter in watercolor, oil and pastels of the region's geography and historic architecture. Among her paintings were scenes with cypress trees, sand dunes, adobe structures and ocean views. Exhibition venues included the San Francisco Art Association, California State Fair, Del Monte Art Gallery, California Watercolor Society and Carmel Art Association. Among her affiliations were National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, San Francisco Art Association, California Watercolor Society, Laguna Beach Art Association, American Federation of Artists, and Carmel Art Association. In addition to numerous museums, her works are in the collection of Union High School at Monterey, Monterey City Hall and Presidio, Sunset School at Carmel, Salinas High School, Harrison Library at Carmel and Society of California Pioneers. In 1928, the editors of Scribner's magazine named her as one of the nation's foremost women artists. During World War II, she made weekly visits to nearby Fort Ord to sketch the servicemen. Unmarried, Morgan died in Carmel on October 10, 1948. Sources: Phil Kovinick and Marion Yoshiki Kovinick, An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West Edan Hughes, Artists in California 1786 to 1940

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Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina

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