Vachell, Arthur Honywell -Path through Woods

Vachell, Arthur Honywell (1864-1933) Watercolorist. Born in Kent, England in 1864. Vachell and his two brothers moved to California in 1881 and settled on a ranch near San Luis Obispo. He was active in Monterey as early as 1886 but it was 1905 before he built his home in Carmel. Having studied art briefly in Italy, he was a sketching partner and close friend of Sydney Yard and Mary DeNeale Morgan. He was a force in Carmel's civic and artistic affairs through the 1920s. His luminous watercolors include garden scenes, landscapes and coastels. Leaving Carmel in the late 1920s, he died in Exmouth, England on June 1, 1933, Exh: Del Monte Art Gallery(Monterey), 1910: SFAA, 1910; Hotel Appleton(Watsonville), 1916 (with M. DeNeale Morgan)

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