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Ann Hornback
Painter Ann Hornback incorporates dreamlike, surrealistic scenes of nature and animals, usually with a central female figure, into her work.
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Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz
An engineer by training, Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz published a richly illustrated, three-volume, 1,300 page observation of life in early Louisiana, "Historie de La Louisiane."
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Antonio and Nina Meucci
The husband and wife team of artists, Antonio and Nina Meucci, announced their arrival in New Orleans in 1818 in a newspaper advertisement offering to paint portraits and miniatures “of every dimension.”
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August Norieri
August Norieri was a New Orleans born painter best known for his Louisiana maritime subjects such as sailboats, bayous, and lakes.
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Auseklis Ozols
Artist and teacher Auseklis founded the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts in 1978.
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Bill Iles
Bill Iles is an accomplished Louisiana painter whose subject matter ranges from almost totally abstract images to landscapes that reflect more his imagination than reality.
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Billy Solitario
Landscape painter Billy Solitario prefers to capture the natural world by painting en plein air, or painting in nature, a style popular among the Impressionists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Boyd Cruise
Alvyk Boyd Cruise was a multitalented artist and historian in New Orleans during the mid-twentieth century.
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Bror Anders Wikstrom
Artist and designer Bror Wikstrom was active in New Orleans from 1883 to 1909 and was particularly well-known in the city for designing Carnival pageants.
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C. R. Parker
A Connecticut native, C. R. Parker was working as an artist in Louisiana, where he received a commission for several large portraits for the state capitol.
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Captain William Lindsey Challoner
Captain William Lindsey Challoner worked for the Machecca line of fruit trade ships and sailed through many international ports. These busy ports inspired Challoner's paintings of ships and harbor scenes.
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Charles Giroux
Nineteenth century painter Charles Giroux captured lush Louisiana landscapes in small-scale oil paintings.
