Louisiana paintings by French-born Jean Joseph Vaudechamp 1790–1866

 Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Mme Francoise St Amant


French-born Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (1790–1866) was a was a pupil of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. In the winter of 1831–32, he sailed to New Orleans, Louisiana, seeking his fortune. Many of the Louisiana Creoles identified with French culture & selected Vaudechamp to paint portraits for them. Over the next 10 years, he spent mostly winters in New Orleans, painting popular portraits of the locals.

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Lady in White Dress

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) A Creole Lady

 Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Edmond Jeane Forstall and Desirae Forstall

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Mrs Samuel Bell

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Mrs Antoine Julien Meffre-Rouzan

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Daughter of Samuel Hermann

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Marie Emeranthe Becnel Brou Madame Samuel Herman

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) A Young Lady

 Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Woman with Fur Collar

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Two Children

 Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Mrs Louis Edouard Forstall ( Mathilde Plauche)

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Madame Morales de Marigny

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Woman with Fur Boa

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French-born New Orleans artist, 1790–1866) Fanny Augusta Hunt

Louisiana paintings by French-born Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans 1801–1888

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Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Member of the Beauviais-Decuir Family

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (1801–1888) was a French neoclassical portrait painter working in New Orleans in the 1840s-1850s.

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Antoinette Decuir

Amans was trained in the French neoclassical tradition of portraiture. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1837.

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Corinne Knott - Mrs Gustave Miltenberger

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Augustine Massicot Tanneret

Artist Jean Joseph Vaudechamp & Amans traveled on the same ship from France to New Orleans in 1837. Following Vaudechamp’s departure from Louisiana, in 1839, Amans assumed the role as the most celebrated portraitist in Louisiana.

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Madame Francoise Gabrielle Rosa Montegut Pitot

Amans later returned to Paris, where he died in 1888.

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Clara Mazureau

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Women in Green Dress A Member of the Beauvais-Decuir Family

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Creole in a Red Turban

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Portrait of a Lady

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Josephine Roman Aime

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French-born Louisiana artist, 1801–1888) Reverend Mother Sainte Seraphine

Louisana paintings by French-born François Bernard (1812–a 1880)

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Paulina de Graffenried (Mrs. James Belton Pickett) and Sallie Pickett (Mrs. Robert C. Cummings)


Portrait, landscape, & genre painter, Francois Bernard is known in Louisiana primarily for his portraits in oil, pastel, & watercolor. He was probably born Nimes, France.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Choctaw Village Near Chefuncte


He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris & Collin' & exhibited in the Paris salon between 1842 & 1849. His portraits of Louisiana residents are dated as early as 1848, when he apparently was visiting.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Basilice Toledano - Mrs John MacDonald Taylor


Bernard returned in Dec. 1856, to settle in New Orleans, supposedly at the invitation of a group of sugar planters who wanted him to paint their portraits. He worked in New Orleans during the winter months & traveled as an itinerant painter in
the summer.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Girl in White Dress


It is probable that Bernard returned to France during these travels, since his children were born there (ca. 1857 & ca. 1862). He seems to have left New Orleans during the Civil War & traveled, especially around Mandeville, Louisiana, where he painted local Indians.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Elizabeth Alice Briot Alces


In February of 1867, it was reported that he had returned to the city. He taught drawing to Alexandre Alaux & advised the continuation of his studies in Europe.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Two Chitimacha Indians


He exhibited in New Orleans at Wageners in 1867; at the Grand State Fair in 1868; at Wagener & Meyer's from 1869-71; & at the American Exposition from 1885-6. About 1875, Bernard left New Orleans for Peru.

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Lise Jone McCall - Mrs Frederick G Freret

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Mrs Mary Campbell Strother Moore

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Delphine Odile Fleitas - Madame Alcee Villere

François Bernard (French-born Louisiana painter, 1812–a 1880) Angele Longer - Mrs Evan Jones McCall

Louisiana paintings by French-born artist Alfred Boisseau 1823–1901

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) Miss Denegre or Miss Macheca

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) A Choctaw Woman in Louisiana

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) The Photographer

Alfred Boisseau was born in Paris, & studied with French academic painter, Paul Delaroche. He showed at the Paris Salon. During the 1840s, he sailed for America. He resided in New Orleans between 1845 & 1848. He was probably drawn to the city, because his brother served as secretary to the French consul.  While in New Orleans, Boisseau came into contact with the Choctaw Indians, who were eventually forced to leave Louisiana.

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) Portrait of Young Woman 1849

He exhibited 2 works at the 1849 National Academy of Design in New York, a portrait & a Creole landscape. He had traveled to Cleveland by 1852, where he advertised as a portrait & landscape painter, art teacher, & art dealer. He remained in Ohio, until 1859. He settled in Montreal in 1860, where he was known to produce portraits of local society. He died in Buffalo, New York, in 1901.

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) The Artist and Her Models

Alfred Boisseau (Paris-born American painter, 1823–1901) Julie Bruneau Papineau 1872

Louisiana paintings by Italian-born Anthony Meucci (flourished in America, 1818-1827)

Anthony Meucci (fl in America, 1818-1827) Juliet Noel (Mrs Pierre Toussaint)

A painter known for portrait miniatures, teaching drawing, painting opera scenery, & restoring art, Anthony Meucci was active in New Orleans from 1818 to 1827, with visits to Charleston, South Carolina in 1822; New York City 1823; & Salem, Massachusetts in 1825. In 1818, he established a studio on St. Ann Street in New Orleans between Dauphine & Bourbon, & by 1826 was working out of a studio at the corner of St. Peter & Royal Streets.

Anthony Meucci (fl in America, 1818-1827) George Washington

He sailed to the United States from Rome. Among his commissions for scenery painting was the New Orleans Theatre. He was married to artist Nina Meucci, & the couple moved to Havana, Cuba in 1827, & then to the northern coast of South America. Among his portrait subjects from the period was Simon Bolivar, whom he met in Cartegena, Columbia. He also did portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette & George Washington.

Anthony Meucci (fl in America, 1818-1827) Euphemia Toussaint

Anthony Meucci (fl in America, 1818-1827) Marquis de Lafayette

Anthony or Nina Meucci (Spanish-American, fl in America 1818-1827) Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman in His Library

Louisiana paintings by German-born Franz “François” Fleischbein (1801-1868)

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) Betsy 1837 New Orleans


François Fleischbein (1804–1868) was a German painter who lived and worked in New Orleans.  Better known as François in the U.S., Franz was born in Godramstein, Bavaria. Although often confused with a naïve artist, he was academically trained, having studied with Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824) at the École des beaux-arts in Paris. In 1833, Fleischbein immigrated to New Orleans with his wife, Marie Louise Tetu (1802-1895), and four children. He remained in Louisiana until his death. Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (1790 - 1866) first encouraged Fleischbein to visit.  Although born Franz Joseph, Fleischbein decided to change his name to François in order to fit with his Creole clients of Gallic descent.

Fleischbein style fused French neoclassicism with German Biedermeier emphasis on pattern. As result, his paintings appear mannered, with schematic drawing, suppressed transitions of light and shade, and odd anatomical distortions. Patrons appreciated his paintings, and Fleischbein advertized that the "greatest correctness of drawing and painting is guaranteed, as well as the likeness of Portraits."  His paintings show a French academic style as well as a sweetness and charm common to 19th Century German painting. With the invention of the daguerreotype in 1839, Fleischbein also worked as an early photographer, an enterprise in which his wife took part.

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) Children of Comte Amedee de Barjac 1839

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) Free Woman of Color

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) Portrait of Marie Louis Tetu 1833-36

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) William B. Schmidt

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) Rosalie Jonas

Franz “François” Fleischbein (German-born, American pairnter 1801-1868) William Schmidt, son of Peter Schmidt