Jean Joseph Vaudechamp

Jean Vaudechamp
Born20 December 1790
Rambervillers, France
Died1866(1866-00-00) (aged 75–76)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Notable workAntoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (portrait)
Portrait of Two Children

Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (21 December 1790 – 1866) was a French painter born in Rambervillers, Vosges. He was a pupil of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.

New Orleans

Portrait of two Children, 1841, Dallas Museum of Art
Vaudechamp's portrait of Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1833)

The market in Paris was competitive, so in the winter of 1831–1832, he went to try his fortunes in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Louisiana Creole people identified with French culture and selected Vaudechamp to paint portraits for them. Over the next ten years he spent winters in New Orleans, and was a leading portrait painter in the region. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1866.

References

  1. ↑ William Keyse Rudolph (2003). Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (1790-1864) in France and Louisiana. Bryn Mawr College.
  2. ↑ "Vaudechamp in New Orleans". Historic New Orleans Collection. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2014-11-13.