Born in Selencourt, France, George David Coulon became a prominent painter of portrait and landscapes in New Orleans during the latter part of the 19th century. His depictions of the swamps and... Read full biography
Born in Selencourt, France, George David Coulon became a prominent painter of portrait and landscapes in New Orleans during the latter part of the 19th century. His depictions of the swamps and bayous of the regions were some of the first paintings of that subject matter. He was one of the founders... Read full biography
Born in Selencourt, France, George David Coulon became a prominent painter of portrait and landscapes in New Orleans during the latter part of the 19th century. His depictions of the swamps and bayous of the regions were some of the first paintings of that subject matter. He was one of the founders of the Southern Art Union and the Artists Association of New Orleans. He was also the husband of Marie-Paoline Casbergue Coulon, and they had two artist children, George Amede Coulon and Mary... Read full biography
Born in Selencourt, France, George David Coulon became a prominent painter of portrait and landscapes in New Orleans during the latter part of the 19th century. His depictions of the swamps and bayous of the regions were some of the first paintings of that subject matter. He was one of the founders of the Southern Art Union and the Artists Association of New Orleans. He was also the husband of Marie-Paoline Casbergue Coulon, and they had two artist children, George Amede Coulon and Mary Elizabeth Coulon. He studied in New Orleans with Julien Hudson, Franz Joseph Fleishbein, Jacques Amans, Toussaint-Francois Bigot, Leon Pomarede, and Antoine Mondelli, and in 1880, was a founding member of the Southern Art Union. He arrived in New Orleans... Read full biography
Born in Selencourt, France, George David Coulon became a prominent painter of portrait and landscapes in New Orleans during the latter part of the 19th century. His depictions of the swamps and bayous of the regions were some of the first paintings of that subject matter. He was one of the founders of the Southern Art Union and the Artists Association of New Orleans. He was also the husband of Marie-Paoline Casbergue Coulon, and they had two artist children, George Amede Coulon and Mary Elizabeth Coulon. He studied in New Orleans with Julien Hudson, Franz Joseph Fleishbein, Jacques Amans, Toussaint-Francois Bigot, Leon Pomarede, and Antoine Mondelli, and in 1880, was a founding member of the Southern Art Union. He arrived in New Orleans with his parents and became an assistant to Leon Pomarede in painting the "Transfiguration" for St. Patrick's Church, and subsequently gain... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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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
Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans
2000
Bragg, Jean; Dr. Susan Saward
72 pages (color)
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)
A Southern Collection
1992
Pennington, Estill Curtis
246 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)
Look Away: Reality and Sentiment in Southern Art
1989
Pennington, Estill Curtis
200 pages (color)
Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987
Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)
464 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Drysdale (1870-1934) Artist of Myth and Legend
1985
Buechner, Howard MD
117 pages (color)
The Waters of America 19th Century Paintings of Rivers, Streams, Lakes and Waterfalls (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Wilmerding, John
104 pages
The Louisiana Landscape 1800-1969
1969
Anglo-American Art Museum
48 pages
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860