Paul E. Poincy

American painter

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Paul Ėdouard Poincy
Paul Poincy by Andres Molinary, c. 1900
Born	1833 (1833) New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	1909 (aged 75–76) New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation	Painter

Paul Ėdouard Poincy (1833 – 1909) was an artist in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States who specialized in portrait, religious, landscape, and genre painting.

Biography

Paul Édouard Rossignol des Dunes de Poincy was born in New Orleans to a well-to-do family of French descent, and was part of a group of New Orleans artists whose cultural ties were more closesly related to France than the South or to eastern U.S. cultural centers such as New York City.^[1] He studied art in Paris at the Académie Julien and at the École des Beaux-Arts. His studies in Paris extended from 1852 to 1859, during which time he was influenced by Parisian artists Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre and Léon Cogniet.^[2] On his return to New Orleans, Poincy opened a studio with French-born artist Richard Clague. He was well-known for paintings of New Orleans street scenes and portraits of children.^[1]^[3]^[4]

He subsequently served in the Confederate Army during the US Civil War.^[3]

Following his military service, Poincy had a close association with artist Victor Pierson. The collaboration resulted in the painting Volunteer Firemen's Parade, a noted work completed in 1872. Poincy was a founder of the Southern Art Union.^[2]

Gallery

Volunteer Firemen’s Parade, March 4th 1872, 1872
Portrait of Celeste Durel, the Artist's Wife, 1878
Elegant Southern Lady Preparing for an Afternoon Call, 1886
Ladies Leaving the French Opera House, 1895
View of St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, 1898
Portrait of Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary, 1890-1905
Portrait of Ernestine Sabourin of New Orleans on Her Wedding Day, 1896
Portrait of Thomas Courtland Manning, c. 1909
St. Claude and Dumaine Streets, Faubourg Tremé, 1895

References

^ ^a ^b Trovaioli, A.P.; Toledano, R.; Swanson, B. (2008). William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-58980-509-5. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
^ ^a ^b Who Was Who in American Art (1564 - 1975): 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, editor, Sound View Press, 1999, ISBN 0-932087-57-4.
^ ^a ^b Wiesendanger, M. (1971). Nineteenth Century Louisiana Painters and Paintings. Pelican Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4556-0965-9. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
^ Rightor, H. (1900). Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana, Giving a Description of the Natural Advantages, Natural History ... Settlement, Indians, Creoles, Municipal and Military History, Mercantile and Commercial Interests, Banking, Transportation, Struggles Against High Water, the Press, Educational ... Etc. Lewis Publishing Company. Retrieved 2023-06-02.