biography of Alexander Samuel MACLEOD (1888-1956)

Birth place: Orwell, Canada

Death place: Palo Alto, CA

Addresses: Honolulu, HI, 1921; Palo Alto, CA

Profession: Lithographer, etcher, wood engraver, painter

Studied: McGill Univ.; Calif. Sch. Design; E. Van Sloun.

Exhibited: NAD, 1917-41; NY WC Cl., 1917; Honolulu Acad. Arts, 1925; PAFA Ann., 1930; Calif. SE, 1930 (prize), 1949 (prize); AIC, 1931-1935; CPLH, 1933; Honolulu PM, 1933-35 (prize, each yr.), 1942 (prize), 1943 (prize), 1945 (prize), 1947 (prize); Northwest PM, 1934 (prize); BM, 1935; Assn. Honolulu Artists, 1935 (gold), 1941-44 (prizes); CI, 1941; Nat. Art Gal., MMA, 1942; SFAA; Phila. Pr. Cl.; New South Wales, 1942; Vancouver Art Gal.; Los Angeles AA

Member: Honolulu PM; Calif. SE; Assn. Honolulu Artists; Northwest PM; Hawaii P.&S.

Work: Honolulu Acad. Arts; SAM; LOC; NGA; Newark Pub. Lib.; Smithsonian Inst.; Univ. Hawaii; Library of Hawaii; gift print, Honolulu Printmakers, 1956; NYPL; Stanford Univ.

Comments: Illustrator, London Studio magazine; U.S. Army Forces, 1944-45. Positions: hd., graphic arts dept., Adjutant General Div., U.S. Army, Pacific Ocean Areas, 1945-. Author/illus., The Spirit of Hawaii-Before and After Pearl Harbor, 1943. Specialty: Hawaiian landscapes and genre scenes. Oil paintings by MacLeod are relatively scarce.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Forbes, Encounters with Paradise, 210, 249-50; Falk, Exh. Record Series.