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ON VIEW EXHIBITION Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014 January 10-May 2, 2015 Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art, 400 Chartres Street Free A. Cotton Pickers in the Field between 1983 and 1990; oil and oil pastel on Masonite by William Tolliver, painter acquisition made possible by the Boyd Cruise Fund, 2070.0097.7 B. Playground—New Orleans between 1939 and 1943; oil on canvas by Clarence Millet, painter 2017.0236 C. Commodore John Dandridge Henley between 1853 and 1858; oil on canvas by Charles Bird King, attributed painter, after an original by John Wesley Jarvis 2013.0358.6 D. Portrait of Nell Pomeroy O’Brien ca. 1938; oil on canvas by Louis F. Raynaud, painter 2074.0221 E. Sardines 2003; oil on canvas by Simon Cunning, painter gift of John and Dorothy Clemmer, 2013.0156.1 Fresh Finds The Laura Simon Nelson Galleries turn two years old and celebrate with the opening of Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014. The Historic New Orleans Collection is celebrating four years of recent acquisitions and two years of its newest exhibition space, the Laura Simon Nelson Galleries, with an exhibition of Louisiana art spanning two centuries and featuring more than 50 artworks, including paintings and decorative-arts pieces. The earliest paintings date to the 1790s, and the most recent to 2003, so the show in its entirety displays major artistic trends from the past 200 years. Paintings include rural landscapes and city scenes, dock scenes, still lifes, genre scenes, and both full-size and miniature portraits. Among the well-known artists showcased are Jacques Amans, Charles Bird King, Francois Bernard, George Peter Alexander Healy, William Henry Buck, Joseph Jefferson, Joseph Rusling Meeker, Paul Poincy, Ellsworth Woodward, William Woodward. Paul Ninas, Leonard Flettrich, Wayman Adams, Clarence Millet. Douglas Bourgc^i. Simon Gunning, and William Tolliver. Together the works display the ric:: fabric of the cultural history of Louisiana. —JUDITH H. BONNER 4 The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly
New Orleans Quarterly 2015 Winter (06)