Richard Clague and Louisiana Landscapes

I first saw Richard Clague's paintings at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge.  Each state has painters who specialize in landscapes of the state or region.  Suffice it to say Clague was very skilled as a painter and had a keen eye for detail and balance in the lush landscapes of Louisiana.

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Richard Clague whose handsome self-portrait is above was a Louisiana painter born in Paris. 

Pastoral paintings of rural Louisiana and coastal lines were his specialty.

Clague's contemporaries like Marshall Smith and William Buck also painted Southern landscapes plein air or out in the open with their easels and oil paints. 

Above:

 Self-Portrait dedicated to his grandmother, Madame Pierre de la Roche of New Orleans, with an inscription which reads, “A ma chère Grand-Mère” (To My Dear Grandmother)

Farm in St. Tammany Parish 1951-1870

A short list of museums whose collections include Richard Clague: 

The New Orleans Museum of Art, the Historic New Orleans Collection, Louisiana State Museum and the Ogden Museum of Art.