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1750 MÈrida, Yucatan, Mexico - 1802 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Portrait painting.
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
Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza - Artist Info
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Colonial America
Chronology
- •18th Century