Mary DeNeale Morgan

Mary DeNeale Morgan (May 24, 1868 – October 10, 1948) also known as M. DeNeale Morgan, was an American plein air painter, especially in watercolor, and printmaker. She was the director the Carmel Summer School of Art sponsored by the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club and a founding member of the Carmel Art Association (CAA) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Her brother, architect Thomas W. Morgan, came to Carmel in 1920 to join his sister. Thomas Morgan was a resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea for 20 years working on architectural designs for homes and buildings.

At age eighteen, she entered the San Francisco Art Institute's California School of Design (CSD), where she studied with Virgil Macey Williams, painter and director at CSD. She took some instruction with William Keith, a family friend, of whom she has been called a favorite pupil.

In 1914 she took classes with William Merritt Chase when he came to the town for the summer, at her instigation. She was among the founders of the Carmel Art Association.

Death

Morgan died of a heart attack on October 10, 1948, at age 80, in Carmel-by-the-Sea. She was at Point Lobos painting a cypress four days before her death. She never married.

Legacy

Among the museums and institutions holding examples of her work are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Art Association; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Southern California; and the University of Texas at Austin.

Selected works Cypress Trees - Gray Day Cypress, 17 Mile Drive Near Fanshell Beach