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for Frederick Rondel
1826 - 1892
A landscape and portrait painter, Rondel lived in Boston from at least 1855 to 1857. In 1858 the artist moved to South Malden, Massachusetts. The following year, Rondel took residence in New York City. In 1862 he traveled to Europe and upon his return in 1863 settled in Poughkeepsie. Five years later, the artist returned to New York. From 1872 to 1874 Rondel lived in New Rochell, NY before returning again to New York City. The last two years of his left were spent in Philadelphia. Rondel exhibited at the NAD almost annually from 1857 to the year of his death. His landscape scenes included views of New Jersey and Long Island. In addition to showing at the NAD, PAFA and Boston Athenaeum, Rondel exhibited at the Cincinnati, Chicago Interstate, and Louisville Industrial Expositions, the Utica Art Club, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Lotos Club, Buffalo Fine Arts and the Artist's Fund Society. The artist was a member of the American Society of Painters in watercolor. His son, Fredrick Rondel Jr., was also an artist and showed at the National Academy.
