Reynolds Beal   (1867 - 1951 )
Mango Trees, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1921
30 x 24 inches


From an affluent and artistic family, Reynolds Beal and his younger brother Gifford both made careers in art. Beal was born in the Bronx and spent his childhood exploring and sketching the East River. He studied marine engineering at Cornell, and art at the Art Students League with John Twachtman and with William Merritt Chase at the Shinnecock School. Reynolds Beal Beal's love of yachting resulted in paintings of maritime and local scenes from Rockport to the Hudson, as well as the Caribbean, from his own sailing boat that doubled as his studio.