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1870 New Orleans, Louisiana - 1954. Known for: Abstract, naive-sophisticated genre painting, psychological studies, symbolism.
A doctor, teacher, and businessman from a prominent New Orleans family, Marion Sims Souchon turned to painting as second career in 1934 as he approached retirement. Souchon was chief surgeon at Hotel... Read full biography
A doctor, teacher, and businessman from a prominent New Orleans family, Marion Sims Souchon turned to painting as second career in 1934 as he approached retirement. Souchon was chief surgeon at Hotel Dieu Hospital, visiting surgeon at Charity Hospital and other local hospitals, instructor at Tulane... Read full biography
A doctor, teacher, and businessman from a prominent New Orleans family, Marion Sims Souchon turned to painting as second career in 1934 as he approached retirement. Souchon was chief surgeon at Hotel Dieu Hospital, visiting surgeon at Charity Hospital and other local hospitals, instructor at Tulane University, and one of the founders of Pan American Life Insurance Company. Initially, painting was a diversion from the pressures of being a surgeon and handling life and death situations on a daily... Read full biography
A doctor, teacher, and businessman from a prominent New Orleans family, Marion Sims Souchon turned to painting as second career in 1934 as he approached retirement. Souchon was chief surgeon at Hotel Dieu Hospital, visiting surgeon at Charity Hospital and other local hospitals, instructor at Tulane University, and one of the founders of Pan American Life Insurance Company. Initially, painting was a diversion from the pressures of being a surgeon and handling life and death situations on a daily basis, but painting quickly became a passion for the aging doctor and he felt that, due to his age, he "must hurry up." For twenty years he exhibited locally with The Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, Delgado Museum of Art (today New Orleans... Read full biography
A doctor, teacher, and businessman from a prominent New Orleans family, Marion Sims Souchon turned to painting as second career in 1934 as he approached retirement. Souchon was chief surgeon at Hotel Dieu Hospital, visiting surgeon at Charity Hospital and other local hospitals, instructor at Tulane University, and one of the founders of Pan American Life Insurance Company. Initially, painting was a diversion from the pressures of being a surgeon and handling life and death situations on a daily basis, but painting quickly became a passion for the aging doctor and he felt that, due to his age, he "must hurry up." For twenty years he exhibited locally with The Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, Delgado Museum of Art (today New Orleans Museum of Art), and Southern States Art League*; he exhibited nationally with the Carnegie Institution, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Folk Art, Naive, Primitive
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Naive, Childlike, Intuitive
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Interior Scenes
Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Southern States Art League
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Julien Levy Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC