Arkansas, Louisiana. 1909 - 1995
Southern landscape, cotton genre
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Born 1944. Known for: French Quarter genre and figure scenes, murals, commercial art.
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative juices really flow. I did a lot of things off the top of my head, and sometimes would just start painting something and see where it led. and this is one of those paintings. I probably just painted a background, and then got interested in working on... Read full biography
Following is text, published on LiveJournal, from a response Mel Wiken gave to someone who had purchased one of her New Orleans paintings:. I was very interested to see that painting. It was done during a very prolific time, and is one of what I call my "potboilers". Back then there were numerous little galleries around the French Quarter that sold works by local artists, and I enjoyed a great deal of popularity during that time. I sold everything I painted, and I was able to let the creative juices really flow. I did a lot of things off the top of my head, and sometimes would just start painting something and see where it led. and this is one of those paintings. I probably just painted a background, and then got interested in working on some perspective, hence the brick wall. Then, I probably decided it needed to have a flute player, because I had a friend who played the... Read full biography
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Louisiana. 1921 - 2015
Painting, New Orleans streets, jazz, World War II sketches
Louisiana. 1923 - 2008
Streetscene
Louisiana. 1924 - 2009
Painting, political sketches, photography
Louisiana. 1907 - 2006
Landscape, interior, still life
Louisiana. 1938 - 2007
Bayou landscape, botanic, marine
Louisiana, New York / Belgium. 1932 - 1999
Representational portrait, genre, figure, marine painting
Louisiana, Minnesota. 1885 - 1964
Landscape, figure, portrait
Louisiana. 1930 - 1994
Cotton genre, rural buildings and plantation figure painting
Louisiana. 1932 - 2001
Landscape, genre of the Old South
Louisiana. 1914/16 - 2011/12
Oils and watercolors, painting scenes of New Orleans, New York, Paris, and Mexico
New York, Louisiana. 1854 - 1935
Coastal scene, marine, and figure painting
Louisiana. 1861 - 1945
Courtyards, scenic views, marine
Mississippi, Louisiana. 1903 - 1965
Modernist genre-views painting, non objective, flora, pottery
Louisiana / France. Born 1951
High-color city scenes painting, sculpture, architecture, jazz posters
Louisiana, Mississippi. 1906 - 1992
Portrait, figure and landscape painting, illustration
Minnesota, Louisiana. 1902 - 1990
Urban-landscape, structures
Louisiana. 1928 - 1995
Figure, streetscape, genre, portrait painting
Illinois, Louisiana. 1892 - 1954
Marine, landscape, still life
Louisiana, California, Massachusetts. 1859 - 1939
Town-landscape, portrait, genre painting, art education
Louisiana. 1931 - 2019
Modernist-leaning landscape painting, printmaking
Louisiana, Massachusetts. 1861 - 1939
Landscape painting, etching, teaching
Ohio, Louisiana. 1875 - 1952
Courtyard scene, still life painting, buildings
New York, Louisiana / India. Born 1951
Neo-expressionist painting-exotic tropical birds
Louisiana. 1870 - 1934
Bayou landscape, marshes and portrait painting
Louisiana. 1887 - 1988
Southern plantation folk art genre and landscape painting