Marie de Hoa LeBlanc was one of the most prolific of the early Newcomb designers. Born in 1874 into an old Creole family, LeBlanc first attended Newcomb College at age 20. With the blessing of the... Read full biography
Marie de Hoa LeBlanc was one of the most prolific of the early Newcomb designers. Born in 1874 into an old Creole family, LeBlanc first attended Newcomb College at age 20. With the blessing of the family, she and her sister Emilie (also a prolific artist) rode the streetcar from their French... Read full biography
Marie de Hoa LeBlanc was one of the most prolific of the early Newcomb designers. Born in 1874 into an old Creole family, LeBlanc first attended Newcomb College at age 20. With the blessing of the family, she and her sister Emilie (also a prolific artist) rode the streetcar from their French Quarter home to Newcomb's Washington Avenue campus. The sisters made yearly trips to study art, often in Europe; they also traveled to many Asian countries. In between these trips, Marie de Hoa LeBlanc... Read full biography
Marie de Hoa LeBlanc was one of the most prolific of the early Newcomb designers. Born in 1874 into an old Creole family, LeBlanc first attended Newcomb College at age 20. With the blessing of the family, she and her sister Emilie (also a prolific artist) rode the streetcar from their French Quarter home to Newcomb's Washington Avenue campus. The sisters made yearly trips to study art, often in Europe; they also traveled to many Asian countries. In between these trips, Marie de Hoa LeBlanc worked as a Newcomb Pottery craftsperson (always called a craftsman), a painter, and a teacher within New Orleans public, private, and vocational schools. She won many awards for her efforts. In 1902, for example, she was awarded $150 to travel to... Read full biography
Marie de Hoa LeBlanc was one of the most prolific of the early Newcomb designers. Born in 1874 into an old Creole family, LeBlanc first attended Newcomb College at age 20. With the blessing of the family, she and her sister Emilie (also a prolific artist) rode the streetcar from their French Quarter home to Newcomb's Washington Avenue campus. The sisters made yearly trips to study art, often in Europe; they also traveled to many Asian countries. In between these trips, Marie de Hoa LeBlanc worked as a Newcomb Pottery craftsperson (always called a craftsman), a painter, and a teacher within New Orleans public, private, and vocational schools. She won many awards for her efforts. In 1902, for example, she was awarded $150 to travel to Harvard for the Ross lecture series; in 1904, she was awarded $500 to travel to Europe for her superior work in po... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
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