Nestor Hippoyle Fruge - Artist Info

About Nestor Hippoyle Fruge

  • Biography

    From Brian Joffrion:
    "The following is from a flyer attached to paintings purchased by my grandmother in the 1970's."

    NESTOR HIPPOYLE FRUGE

    Self-trained. Operated art school in New Orleans. Presently in Acapulco, Mexico. Oils and Watercolors.

    Born Bayou LaFourche, Louisiana, 1916.

    Areas of experience:

    New Orleans, New York, Paris, and Mexico.

    Achievements and awards date back to mid-30's.

    Operated Fruge's Academy of Art, New Orleans, 1949-1952. Since then has
    traveled and exhibited principally in Europe and Mexico with frequent
    periodic sojourns in New Orleans.

    Exclusive at The Candle House
    511 Rue Royale
    New Orleans....

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