Richard Clague, Jr., Near Covington, oil on canvas

Richard Clague, Jr. French/Louisiana, 1821-1873 "Near Covington" oil on canvas initialed lower left, inscribed "Marie Reyne 1890" on reverse of frame, "New Orleans Museum of Art" exhibition label with artist and title on backing board, framed. Provenance: Descended in the Crozat family of Houmas House and Bocage Plantation, Louisiana. Exhibited: "Richard Clague Retrospective", New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17 - Dec. 30, 1974, no. 64. Note: Born in Paris in 1821, Richard Clague's childhood and youth was divided between France and New Orleans, the home of his French Creole mother. He studied painting in Geneva, Switzerland in the mid-1830s followed by training in New Orleans from 1842 to 1843 and later enrolled in the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. His formal artistic training was greatly influenced by realism and the Barbizon School, and his naturalistic style held great appeal to a growing group of collectors in New Orleans. Clague established a near permanent studio in the city in 1857 and focused primarily on the landscape as his subject by the early 1860s, a time when portrait painting dominated the art scene. Often described as the founder of the landscape painting tradition in Louisiana, his highly detailed depictions of the bayous, cabins and farms of the region inspired an entire generation of artists. Reference: Lewis, Richard Anthony. "Richard Clague Jr." 64 Parishes. www.64parishes.org. Accessed Oct. 23, 2026; Toledano, Roulhac. Richard Clague, 1821-1873. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1974.

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