Margaret Goddard Carlson (1882-1964) American, Oil on Board Landscape "Quiet Meadows". Tonalist landscape painting depicts a prominent oak tree standing in a serene green field under a soft, clouded sky, signed lower right and set within a double gilded frame with an outer geometric motif pattern. Signed lower right. Framed.

Overall Size: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.
Sight Size: 8 x 10 in.

Margaret Goddard Carlson (1882–1964) was an American landscape painter and illustrator associated with the Woodstock art colony and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts community in New York. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, she studied at the Art Students League in New York and later studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, where she became acquainted with the landscape painter John Fabian Carlson, whom she married in 1913. Her most active period as a painter was from about 1910 to 1925, when she produced lyrical landscapes in a style that evolved from Tonalism toward Impressionism, depicting the countryside around Woodstock as well as scenes in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Colorado. She also designed textiles and illustrated children's books, including The Making of Meenie (1904). Although her career was partly overshadowed by that of her husband, Carlson was an accomplished artist in her own right, and her rediscovered paintings reveal a sensitive handling of light, color, and seasonal atmosphere.

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