A portrait, genre, landscape and religous painter and art teacher, Paul Poincy was considered "to be one of the best portrait painters" in New Orleans. Although most of his subjects were prominent... Read full biography
A portrait, genre, landscape and religous painter and art teacher, Paul Poincy was considered "to be one of the best portrait painters" in New Orleans. Although most of his subjects were prominent persons, it was written that "he preferred creating children's portraits and works with religious... Read full biography
A portrait, genre, landscape and religous painter and art teacher, Paul Poincy was considered "to be one of the best portrait painters" in New Orleans. Although most of his subjects were prominent persons, it was written that "he preferred creating children's portraits and works with religious themes."(Mahe). Paul Poincy, of French descent, was based in that city from 1859 to 1909. Studio locations included Canal Street, Carondelet and North Rampart Street. Before re-setting in New Orleans, his... Read full biography
A portrait, genre, landscape and religous painter and art teacher, Paul Poincy was considered "to be one of the best portrait painters" in New Orleans. Although most of his subjects were prominent persons, it was written that "he preferred creating children's portraits and works with religious themes."(Mahe). Paul Poincy, of French descent, was based in that city from 1859 to 1909. Studio locations included Canal Street, Carondelet and North Rampart Street. Before re-setting in New Orleans, his birth place, he was in Paris from 1852 to 1858, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Academy Julian and with teachers Marc-Gabriel-Charles Gleyre, Léon Cogniet, and M. Rodolph Julian. His French education was encouraged by his... Read full biography
A portrait, genre, landscape and religous painter and art teacher, Paul Poincy was considered "to be one of the best portrait painters" in New Orleans. Although most of his subjects were prominent persons, it was written that "he preferred creating children's portraits and works with religious themes."(Mahe). Paul Poincy, of French descent, was based in that city from 1859 to 1909. Studio locations included Canal Street, Carondelet and North Rampart Street. Before re-setting in New Orleans, his birth place, he was in Paris from 1852 to 1858, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Academy Julian and with teachers Marc-Gabriel-Charles Gleyre, Léon Cogniet, and M. Rodolph Julian. His French education was encouraged by his distinguished, well educated parents, the Marquis Rosignol des Dunes de Poincy and Louise Allemand de Chateauneuf.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South
2015
Pollack, Deborah C.
400 pages (color)
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)
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
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index