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Jay Dearborn Edwards
Jay Dearborn Edwards was among the earliest photographers to document the city of New Orleans.
Richard Anthony Lewis
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Jean Joseph Vaudechamp
In the 1830s, French painter Jean Joseph Vaudechamp regularly visited New Orleans during the winter months to paint portraits of the city's elite French Creoles.
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John Antrobus
Born and raised in England, John Antrobus immigrated to the United States and relocated many times, including a period in Louisiana, where he opened a studio and executed a series of landscape paintings.
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Louis Antoine Collas
Louis Antoine Collas was an adept and very popular miniature portrait painter who regularly traveled to Louisiana to paint plantation owners and merchants.
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Luigi Marie Sotta
Italian painter Luigi Marie Sotta, a skilled and significant artist well versed in French academic practice, worked for at least two seasons in New Orleans.
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Matthew Jouett
Matthew Harris Jouett was recognized during his lifetime as the first notable American artist to emerge from the American frontier.
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Philippe Garbeille
Philippe Garbeille, a French sculptor working in New Orleans, specialized in portrait busts.
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Richard Clague Jr.
Widely credited as the founder of the landscape painting tradition in Louisiana, French-born painter Richard Clague received most of his formal artistic training in Europe.
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Soul of the South
An exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum reveals the boundless creativity and eccentricity of Southern artists.
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William Henry Baker
William Henry Baker was a itinerant Grand Manner portrait painter active in the New Orleans area during the nineteenth century.
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William Henry Buck
Artist William Henry Buck was among the originators of the “bayou school” of painting in Louisiana.
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