August Norieri ART FOR SALE

1860 New Orleans, Louisiana - 1898 New Orleans. Known for: River landscape and marine painting.

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A New Orleans Italian painter especially noted for steamboat scenes on the Mississippi River, August Noriega was active in the late 19th century when railroads were replacing the "floating palaces" as primary passenger and freight transportation. He also painted portraits, did commercial art, sculpture and often worked with crayon. Between 1880 and 1881, he was a student of Gibraltar-born Andres Molinary (1847-1915), who was a teacher and painter in New Orleans from 1872 until his death. Norieri established his studio in 1884. Although he exhibited at the National Academy of Design and regularly with the Artists' Association of New Orleans, he had little attention paid to his talents during his lifetime. He lived only 38 years, dying in... Read full biography

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Lot 199 - Louisiana Purchase Auction November 19

Type:Painting

Size:22.25" x 34.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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Lot 199 - August Norieri, "Edge of the Pontchartrain from Mandeville", oil on canvas, 1890, signed and dated lower right, framed. Provenance: Collection of Jean Bragg. Estimate: $20,000-30,000

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