531. Alexis Comperet (also Compera) (American, 1856-1906), “Brookhaven, Long Island”, c. 1890; watercolor and gouache/illustration board, 13" x 20", signed. Comparet studied with Benjamin Constant in Paris around 1874. He also studied with early Colorado painter, Harvey Young. He painted for a brief time in New Mexico in 1879, before returning to his home state of Colorado to teach at the short-lived Colorado Academy of Design with Adams, Deakin, and Howland for three years. He painted primarily landscapes in a tonalist aesthetic, and he was patronized by Sarah Bernhardt, who was introduced to him while her troupe was performing in Denver. Comparet moved to San Diego in 1906, and died the same year. REF: Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 115-117; illus. p.116. 800-1200