Arader Galleries: Tropical Beaches: Island watercolors of the 19th Century

Monday, July 18, 2016

Tropical Beaches: Island watercolors of the 19th Century

William Alister MacDonald (1860-1956)

Opunoho Bay Moorea

1928

Watercolor

Summer is a time for much needed relaxation and fun in the sun, however here in San Francisco provides us with prolonged gloom, chilly weather and sometimes rain until the fall.

We mean to fill this summer weather void inside the gallery by showcasing the beautiful original watercolor Islandscapes painted by William Alister MacDonald (1860-1950), and Robert Taylor Pritchett (1828-1907).Within these Islandscapes Pritchett and MacDonalad depicted colorful atmosphere which the viewer is instantly transported to a tranquil and tropica lbeach scene. Large palm trees move with the breeze as the waters gently ripple from ocean waves.

William Alister MacDonald was the son of a Scottish Free Church Minister. In the 1880's MacDonald moved to London and began painting watercolor scenes of London, and in particular, the Thames. Towards the end of the 19th century, MacDonald was exhibiting his watercolors at the Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists. Robert Taylor Pritchett was a landscape and marine painter, contributed illustrations to many publication in the mid- to late-19th century, including the records of Darwin's voyage in the Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World.