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1830 Lyon, France - 1895 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Portrait, landscape, history, allegory.
John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art... Read full biography
John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art Union, and painted historical and genre subjects, but was primarily known for portraiture. His... Read full biography
John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art Union, and painted historical and genre subjects, but was primarily known for portraiture. His portrait work reflects the influence of photography and is executed in a polished academic realist style, which is also apparent in his approach to landscape subjects of Mississippi and Louisiana. The... Read full biography
John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art Union, and painted historical and genre subjects, but was primarily known for portraiture. His portrait work reflects the influence of photography and is executed in a polished academic realist style, which is also apparent in his approach to landscape subjects of Mississippi and Louisiana. The extant body of identifiable work by Genin is quite small. Genin did not abandon the formative influence of French academic painting before coming to America. He made periodic trips back to his homeland and maintained ties to the French academic approach,... Read full biography
John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art Union, and painted historical and genre subjects, but was primarily known for portraiture. His portrait work reflects the influence of photography and is executed in a polished academic realist style, which is also apparent in his approach to landscape subjects of Mississippi and Louisiana. The extant body of identifiable work by Genin is quite small. Genin did not abandon the formative influence of French academic painting before coming to America. He made periodic trips back to his homeland and maintained ties to the French academic approach, which is reflected in his interest in allegorical themes. He painted at least three works devoted to the theme of Louisiana, as in the &qu... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesArt in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996Delehanty, Randolph292 pages (color)Downriver Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950
1991Pennington, Estill Curtis208 pages (color)Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)464 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesThe Louisiana Landscape 1800-1969
1969Anglo-American Art Museum48 pages