This biography is based on "Moccasins and Wooden Shoes: American Indians and Dutch Artists", a manuscript-in-progress by Pieter Hovens, curator at the National Museum of Ethnology, P.O. Box 212, 2300 AE Leiden, the Netherlands. The author appreciates any additional information on Loemans.

ALEXANDER FRANCOIS LOEMANS (18??-1894)

Alexander Francois Loemans (pron: loo-mahns) is a painter about whom very little is known. He was born in the Netherlands or of Dutch descent, but most of his known works were painted in Canada (Ontario, Manitoba) and the northern United States (New York State, Minnesota). Some works show tropical landscapes and a native woman from the Andes, and it is assumed that he visited Peru or another South Americ...