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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Spirit of Louisiana
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| John Genin was born in Lyon, France and studied with the noted academic portrait painter, Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Active in New Orleans from 1860 until his death, he was a member of the Southern Art Union, and painted historical and genre subjects, but was primarily known for portraiture. His portrait work reflects the influence of photography and is executed in a polished academic realist style, which is also apparent in his approach to landscape subjects of Mississippi and Louisiana. The extant (showing 500 of 1886 characters). |
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