The artist José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza immigrated from Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to New Orleans around 1782. Already an accomplished artist, Salazar received numerous... Read full biography
The artist José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza immigrated from Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to New Orleans around 1782. Already an accomplished artist, Salazar received numerous portrait commissions from prominent families and community leaders of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. The... Read full biography
The artist José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza immigrated from Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to New Orleans around 1782. Already an accomplished artist, Salazar received numerous portrait commissions from prominent families and community leaders of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. The impressive group portrait of "Don Antonio Mendez and His Family" has the upright postures, delicate handling of the lace and inclusion of a bird and basket of berries that are characteristic of... Read full biography
The artist José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza immigrated from Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to New Orleans around 1782. Already an accomplished artist, Salazar received numerous portrait commissions from prominent families and community leaders of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. The impressive group portrait of "Don Antonio Mendez and His Family" has the upright postures, delicate handling of the lace and inclusion of a bird and basket of berries that are characteristic of Salazar's portraits. A native of Havana, Cuba, Don Antonio Mendez (1750-1829) arrived in New Orleans upon accepting the position of Procurer de Roy (Attorney General) for the Spanish Colonial government of Louisiana. Mendez married the Louisianian Donna... Read full biography
The artist José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza immigrated from Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to New Orleans around 1782. Already an accomplished artist, Salazar received numerous portrait commissions from prominent families and community leaders of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. The impressive group portrait of "Don Antonio Mendez and His Family" has the upright postures, delicate handling of the lace and inclusion of a bird and basket of berries that are characteristic of Salazar's portraits. A native of Havana, Cuba, Don Antonio Mendez (1750-1829) arrived in New Orleans upon accepting the position of Procurer de Roy (Attorney General) for the Spanish Colonial government of Louisiana. Mendez married the Louisianian Donna Feliciana Ducre on March 25th, 1790 in the St. Louis Cathedral, officiated by Pere Antoine de Sedilla. Don Antonio... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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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
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)
American Painting
1989
Schwarz-Philadelphia
64 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Portrait Painting in America The Nineteenth Century
1977
Miles, Ellen G (editor)
176 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay)
270 pages (color)
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
From Colony to Nation (Exhibition US works to War of 1812) (Exhibition catalog)