Louis Macouillard
1913 - 1987
Biographical information:
Interview with Louis Macouillard, 1983.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
Courtesy of CaliforniaWatercolor.com
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Biographical information:
Interview with Louis Macouillard, 1983.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
Courtesy of CaliforniaWatercolor.com
BiographyLouis Macouillard (1913-1987) Born: San Francisco, CA; Studied: California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland), Art Students League (New York). Louis Macouillard’s paintings from the 1930s through the 1950s depict local cityscape scenes of the Bay Area. He exhibited them with the Thirteen Watercolorists group at local art galleries and in annual museum shows. During World War II, he was stationed in the South Pacific and produced many watercolors, some of which appeared in Life magazine. After the war, he continued to paint representational transparent watercolor paintings of cityscape scenes and landscape subjects in the Sonoma Country area.
Biographical information:
Interview with Louis Macouillard, 1983.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
Courtesy of CaliforniaWatercolor.com
