Faubourg Tremé
Paul Poincy
1895
Oil on canvas
| St. Claude and Dumaine
Streets, Faubourg Tremé Paul Poincy 1895 Oil on canvas |
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| A native New Orleanian of
French descent, Paul Poincy received his early education
from Jesuits in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. His parents, the
Marquis Rosignol des Dunes de Poincy and Louise Allemand
de Chateauneuf encouraged their son’s artistic
talents, sending him to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux
Arts and in the studios of Gleyre and Julien. In January
1859, Poincy returned to New Orleans to pursue a career
as an artist. He shared a Royal Street studio landscape
painter Richard Clague. During the Civil War, Poincy enlisted in the Confederate army and served throughout the war. Afterward, Poincy reopened his studio and became known for his religious paintings, portraits (particularly of children), landscapes, and streets scenes. An active member of the art community, he was founder of the short lived Southern Art Union. In tandem with B.A. Wikstrom and Andres Molinary, Poincy organized the Artists’ Association of New Orleans. For many years he taught at the organization’s school. In St. Claude and Dumaine Streets, Faubourg Treme, Poincy shows the contrast between the cobblestone streets and streetcar tracks in New Orleans. The juxtaposition of old and new continues with the woman balancing a basket of cotton on her head, with a web of electrical and telephone wires above. By the
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