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Louisiana Road Scene

"Louisiana Road Scene", is a genre painting by John Genin in 1870. It is considered genre because of the everyday rural scene of a group of African Americans working outside of a small cabin. The porch has clothing hanging over the railing and next to the cabin is a man riding in lumber and a women carrying a basket to the lake. In the distance are land and cattle. Oil on canvas; 14 x 24 in.

Louisiana Road Scene

Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art

Louisiana Road Scene. Genin, John (artist)

Additional Data

Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art
Collection Gift of Sam Friedberg
Date 1870
Copyright Copyrighted
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