Paul E. Poincy

Paul E. Poincy ( born March 11, 1833 in New Orleans, † November 14, 1909 ) was an American painter and art teacher.

Life

Paul Poincy was born in 1833 as Creole in New Orleans. He came from an educated, wealthy family of French descent.

In his childhood Poincy attended Jesuit schools in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, and in St. Louis. From about 1852 to 1858 he studied in Paris at the École des Beaux -Arts in Gleyre, Cogniet and Rodolphe Julian. In January 1859, he came to his hometown and opened a studio with Richard Clague. After the outbreak of the Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army. He then returned to New Orleans and worked again as a painter. He was one of the founders of the artists group founded in 1880 Southern Art Union. In 1885 he founded together with Bror Wikstrom A., Andres Molinary and Achille Peretti, the New Orleans Artists' Association, an organization that held until 1905 annual exhibitions and an art school entertained, taught at the Poincy. He was a member of the selection panel for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition ( 1897).

Work

Paul Poincy mainly painted portraits (especially of children), landscape and genre paintings depicting New Orleans and religious representations. Many of his works have been exhibited in churches and public buildings of New Orleans. His most famous works include the large-scale image ' Volunteer Firemen's Parade, which he created in 1872 together with Victor Pierson. Several pictures of Paul Poincy are in the possession of the Louisiana State Museum.

Volunteer Firemen's Parade, March 4th 1872 ( with Victor Pierson, 1872)

St. Claude and Dumaine Streets, Faubourg Tremé (1895 )

Ladies Leaving the French Opera House (oil on canvas, 1895)

Exhibitions (selection)

• Seebold 's (1879-1880)
• Lilienthal (1883 )
• Artists' Association of New Orleans (1886-1887, 1890-1892, 1896-1897, 1899, 1901)
• Tulane University ( 1892)
• Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashvile (1897 )
• Moses & Son ( 1901)