Richard Clague

Richard Clague Jr was born on 11 May 1821 in Paris, France to Richard Clague Sr. and Justine de la Roche. His parents were descended from wealthy New Orleans families and kept an apartment in Paris, where Richard Jr was born. The family returned to Louisiana when Richard was very young. However, when his parents separated, Richard and his brothers, Charles and Eduoard, went to live in Paris with their mother.Bonner, J.H. and Pennington, E.C. (eds), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 21, [Art and Architecture], p. 265

In 1836, along with his brother, Eduoard, Richard was sent to school in Geneva to study painting with Jean-Charles Ferdinand Humbert (1813-1881) where Richard developed a preference for landscape painting. Following his father's death in December, 1836, he received a substantial inheritance which allowed him to continue his studies. He and his brother returned to Paris and began studying with Leon D. Pomarède. Later, Richard studied with Horace Vernet, Antoine Auguste Ernest Herbert and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres who recommended him to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Bonner, J.H. and Pennington, E.C. (eds), The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 21, [Art and Architecture], pp 265-266; For details of his deceased father's estate, see Thomas H. Thorpe, Charles G. Gill, Louisiana Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court, [Law Reports], Volume 33, Louisiana, Supreme Court, West Publishing Company, 1839

After completing his studies, he travelled to Morocco, Algiers and other destinations in the Middle East where he kept a sketchbook (now in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana) and developed an interest in Oriental subject matter.de Bachellé Seebold, H.B., Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees, Volume 1, Pelican Publishing, 1941, p. 23

Although he was largely trained in Europe, he settled in Louisiana, becoming part of the "Bayou School".Pennington, E. C., Downriver: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting, 1800-1950,

Pelican Publishing, 1991, p. 78 and p. 90 He regularly painted with William Buck, Marshall Smith and their contemporaries, who often chose to paint similar scenes. Clague's home on Bayou Street, near the Spanish Fort, was a popular retreat for artists.Trovaioli, A.P. and Toledano, E., William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter, Pelican Publishing, 2008, pp 96-98

Clague opened a studio in New Orleans in 1862, influencing artists such as William Aiken WalkerRoulhac Toledano, [http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm?request=735 Discovery: Richard Clague (Southern, 1821-1872)] and his pupil, William H. Buck.Wiesendanger, M. and Wiesendanger, M., Nineteenth Century Louisiana Painters and Paintings, Pelican Publishing, 1971, p. 20

Farm in St Tammany by Richard Clague.jpg|Farm in St.Tammany

Fisherman's Camp, Richard Clague (New Orleans Mus of Art 13.6).jpg|Fisherman's Camp

Portrait of a Twisted Tree, Richard Clague, c. 1871 (Ogden Mus).jpg|Portrait of a Twisted Tree

Back of Algiers, Richard Clague, c.1870 (New Orleans Mus of Art 13.5).jpg|Back of Algiers

• Roulhac Toledano (1974), Richard Clague, 1821-1873, New Orleans Museum of Art
• Ackerman, G.M., American Orientalists, ACR, 1994; especially p. 272

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