A painter, art teacher, photographer and restorer, Andres Molinary was born in Gibraltar, and settled in New Orleans in 1872 after studying in Rome at San Lucas Academy, Spain at the Fine Art Academy... Read full biography
A painter, art teacher, photographer and restorer, Andres Molinary was born in Gibraltar, and settled in New Orleans in 1872 after studying in Rome at San Lucas Academy, Spain at the Fine Art Academy of Seville, and in East Africa and Morocco. He also traveled in Mexico and Central America. In New... Read full biography
A painter, art teacher, photographer and restorer, Andres Molinary was born in Gibraltar, and settled in New Orleans in 1872 after studying in Rome at San Lucas Academy, Spain at the Fine Art Academy of Seville, and in East Africa and Morocco. He also traveled in Mexico and Central America. In New Orleans, he joined an uncle, John Brunasso, who was in the importing business. His family wanted him to join the uncle in business, but instead, with the help of this uncle who believed in his talent,... Read full biography
A painter, art teacher, photographer and restorer, Andres Molinary was born in Gibraltar, and settled in New Orleans in 1872 after studying in Rome at San Lucas Academy, Spain at the Fine Art Academy of Seville, and in East Africa and Morocco. He also traveled in Mexico and Central America. In New Orleans, he joined an uncle, John Brunasso, who was in the importing business. His family wanted him to join the uncle in business, but instead, with the help of this uncle who believed in his talent, he set up a studio and painted portraits, many of them of prominent persons in New Orleans and other southern cities. Andres Molinary became very active in the local art community, and his studio was a popular gathering place for local artists. He... Read full biography
A painter, art teacher, photographer and restorer, Andres Molinary was born in Gibraltar, and settled in New Orleans in 1872 after studying in Rome at San Lucas Academy, Spain at the Fine Art Academy of Seville, and in East Africa and Morocco. He also traveled in Mexico and Central America. In New Orleans, he joined an uncle, John Brunasso, who was in the importing business. His family wanted him to join the uncle in business, but instead, with the help of this uncle who believed in his talent, he set up a studio and painted portraits, many of them of prominent persons in New Orleans and other southern cities. Andres Molinary became very active in the local art community, and his studio was a popular gathering place for local artists. He was a founding member of the Artists' Association of New Orleans, the Southern Art Unio... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996
Delehanty, Randolph
292 pages (color)
Downriver Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950
1991
Pennington, Estill Curtis
208 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index