biographie de Mathuren Arthur ANDRIEU (?-1896)

Birth place: Bordeaux, France

Death place: Providence, RI

Addresses: New Orleans, act. 1840; Charleston, SC, act. 1851; Macon, GA, act. 1855; Prov., RI,1862-96

Profession: Portrait, landscape, scenery, and panorama painter

Studied: French Royal Academy

Exhibited: Exchange Saloon (1850); Montgomery, AL(1850); Charleston, SC(1851, a series of dissolving views of London, the Crystal Palace, and New Orleans); St. Louis, MO (panoramas of St. Louis and Southern Life.")"

Comments: He exhibited his panoramic views of waterways and cities to the public for a small fee. Showed his Western Life" series with music and entertainment, while working on local scenic views for later exhibitions. He also did some portrait and sign painting work while exhibiting in different cities.

Sources: G&W; Arnold, Art and Artists in Rhode Island; New Orleans Picayune, April 22, 1840 (courtesy Delgado-WPA); Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston; Charleston Courier, Sept. 8, 1851; St. Louis Missouri Republican, April 22, May 5, and June 12, 1853 (G&W has citations courtesy J. Earl Arrington); WPA Guide, Maine, repro. More recently, see Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 10; Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 36-37. "