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1896 New Orleans, Louisiana - 1989 Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Known for: Satirical themed lithography, cartoon-caricature, drawing, painting.
Caroline Durieux, of New Orleans, attended Sophia Newcomb College in her hometown. She went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later worked with Diego Rivera in Mexico.... Read full biography
Caroline Durieux, of New Orleans, attended Sophia Newcomb College in her hometown. She went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later worked with Diego Rivera in Mexico. During the 1930s and 1940s, Durieux became a well-known lithographer and social satirist in the... Read full biography
Caroline Durieux, of New Orleans, attended Sophia Newcomb College in her hometown. She went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later worked with Diego Rivera in Mexico. During the 1930s and 1940s, Durieux became a well-known lithographer and social satirist in the tradition of George Grosz and Honore Daumier. Her sharp eyes and graphic lines punctured pomposity and exposed human foibles in scenes of Louisiana life. She served as director of the Federal Art Project for... Read full biography
Caroline Durieux, of New Orleans, attended Sophia Newcomb College in her hometown. She went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later worked with Diego Rivera in Mexico. During the 1930s and 1940s, Durieux became a well-known lithographer and social satirist in the tradition of George Grosz and Honore Daumier. Her sharp eyes and graphic lines punctured pomposity and exposed human foibles in scenes of Louisiana life. She served as director of the Federal Art Project for the state of Louisiana between 1938 and 1943, and then joined the faculty of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. In the 1950s and 1960s, Durieux began to experiment with abstract art, and became an innovator of new technical methods in... Read full biography
Caroline Durieux, of New Orleans, attended Sophia Newcomb College in her hometown. She went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later worked with Diego Rivera in Mexico. During the 1930s and 1940s, Durieux became a well-known lithographer and social satirist in the tradition of George Grosz and Honore Daumier. Her sharp eyes and graphic lines punctured pomposity and exposed human foibles in scenes of Louisiana life. She served as director of the Federal Art Project for the state of Louisiana between 1938 and 1943, and then joined the faculty of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. In the 1950s and 1960s, Durieux began to experiment with abstract art, and became an innovator of new technical methods in printmaking. Working with nuclear scientists at the university, she developed the technology of the electron print, created by drawing... Read full biography
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Keywords (46)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •New Orleans Before 1940
Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Southern States Art League
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
- •Matthew Bakkom Archive Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Caricature Specialty
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Whitney Studio Club, Later Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts