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KTBS-TV: Rare Portraits by Pioneering Louisiana Artist Now on Display in New Orleans
October 14, 2026
HNOC Deputy Director Erin Greenwald provided insight into two extraordinary paintings now on view at the Williams Research Center.
“Julien Hudson is the first Louisiana-born portraitist and the second-known portraitist of color in American history. There are only six of his works known to exist in the world and the Historic New Orleans Collection has just acquired two of them. They are two really stunning examples of two portraits of people of color—painted by a person of color—in the pre-Civil War period. . . . It's just astonishing that we now have [these works] available to share with the public.”
Erin Greenwald, HNOC deputy director
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Related Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Two Portraits by Julien Hudson
Ongoing
The elusive Creole artist of color makes a rare showing in the Williams Research Center.
Related Books
Books
In Search of Julien Hudson: Free Artist of Color in Pre–Civil War New Orleans
edited and with an introduction by Erin M. Greenwald, with essays by William Keyse Rudolph and Patricia Brady
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Flood State
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