GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This intimate portrait of the artist François Fleischbein’s wife was painted in New Orleans after the German-born painter and his French wife settled there in the mid-1830s. The work displays his winning combination of precise, tight brushwork in the French academic style and a sweetness and charm common to 19th-century German painting.
Fleischbein was born in Bavaria and studied in Paris before joining the community of international painters seeking fame and fortune in cosmopolitan New Orleans. Although born “Franz Josef,” he changed his name to the French “François” to fit in with his Creole clients of Gallic descent. After arriving in New Orleans in 1833, he spent the rest of his life there, working not only as a portrait painter but also as an early photographer, an enterprise in which Madame Fleischbein also took part.
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William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2007.
NOTES
c. 1833-1836
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Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
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Fleischbein, Franҫois (American, 1801-1868)
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Place of origin: New Orleans (Louisiana/United States): TGN: 7014214
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From 2007: Dallas Museum of Art, American Painting Fund and the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
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- Marie Louise Tetu, Francois Fleischbein’s wife, was the daughter of a Napoleonic soldier. She and Fleischbein were married in France and had four children.
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General Description
This intimate portrait of the artist François Fleischbein’s wife was painted in New Orleans after the German-born painter and his French wife settled there in the mid-1830s. The work displays his winning combination of precise, tight brushwork in the French academic style and a sweetness and charm common to 19th-century German painting.
Fleischbein was born in Bavaria and studied in Paris before joining the community of international painters seeking fame and fortune in cosmopolitan New Orleans. Although born “Franz Josef,” he changed his name to the French “François” to fit in with his Creole clients of Gallic descent. After arriving in New Orleans in 1833, he spent the rest of his life there, working not only as a portrait painter but also as an early photographer, an enterprise in which Madame Fleischbein also took part.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2007.
Fun Facts
- Marie Louise Tetu, Francois Fleischbein’s wife, was the daughter of a Napoleonic soldier. She and Fleischbein were married in France and had four children.
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Notes
c. 1833-1836
Artist not in Getty
Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Fleischbein, Franҫois (American, 1801-1868)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: New Orleans (Louisiana/United States): TGN: 7014214
Process/materials
Oil on mounted paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 2007: Dallas Museum of Art, American Painting Fund and the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
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