Alexandre Minguet impressionist coastal landscape original watercolor. The painting was of the mountains on the island of St Martin, French West Indies. It is double matted in a gold wooden frame. It could be fabulous looking in a Palm Beach Regency or Coastal Chic style room, with its bright colors and island-looking landscape. Alexandre Minguet (1937-1996) was born in Beziers, France. When Minguet was 17 years old, he was enrolled in the Conservatoire des Arts et metiers in Paris, where he studied commercial law, trade, and marketing. At 22, he attended the academies in Montparnasse and the Ecole du Louvre. This resulted in his first exhibitions and a classical period under the guidance of his teacher Maryse Ducaire.