Art
Dominico Canova
Born in Italy, Dominico Canova spent many years painting frescoes in banks, churches, and private homes in New Orleans and southern Louisiana.
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Art
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett served as head of the art department at Dillard University in New Orleans, where she is now an honorary citizen.
Art
Emery Clark
Artist Emery Clark produces her pieces through a painstaking technique of combining photographic images with pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, or watercolors.
Music
Ernie Cagnolatti
Ernie Cagolatti was a trumpet player in the the New Orleans jazz scene for much of the twentieth century.
History
Essae Martha Culver
Essae Culver was a pioneering librarian and educator in an era when library service was beyond the ken of most rural Americans.
Music
Eugene Chassaignac
Eugène Chassaignac was a composer and music critic in nineteenth century New Orleans.
Art
Florestine Perrault Collins
Florestine Perrault Collins, who began her career at age fourteen, was one of the first professional African American female photographers in the country.
Government, Politics & Law
Francisco Luis Hector, baron de Carondelet
Francisco Luis Hector, baron de Carondelet served as governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida between 1791 and 1797.
Art
George Castleden
Best known for his paintings of New Orleans's French Quarter architecture, itinerant artist George Frederick Castleden held exhibitions in the courtyard of the Cabildo.
Art
George David Coulon and Family
The works of Louisiana artist George David Coulon are known for the meticulous detail and the jewel-like quality of his portraits and landscapes, most of which were painted between 1839 and 1902.
Art
George Ralston Crawford
Though he never lived in Louisiana on a permanent basis, twentieth-century painter and photographer Ralston Crawford visited New Orleans frequently and featured the city in much of his work.
Literature
George Washington Cable
The writings of George Washington Cable explored the Creole culture and generated national attention.
