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A painting depicts a street scene with two people. One sits on a bench outside a wooden building with a louvered facade. Another person stands near a doorway. The architecture features balconies and red-tiled roofs under a cloudy sky.
Virtual Exhibition

French Quarter Life

People and Places in the Vieux Carré

Artistic impressions of New Orleans’s most iconic neighborhood

For more than 150 years, artists from around the world have worked to capture and share their impressions of New Orleans’s most iconic and historic neighborhood. This exhibition gathers paintings from the museum’s permanent collection, including gifts from Louisiana art collector Laura Simon Nelson. From the bustle of the French Market to the beauty of Jackson Square, these artworks explore the streets, buildings, and people of the French Quarter through time and a variety of techniques.

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French Quarter Life: People and Places in the Vieux Carré

Ongoing

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In Rolland Golden’s Sketchbook, a Changing, Timeless French Quarter

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Views of the Vieux Carré

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A smiling woman with curly hair poses in a white outfit and heels. Text reads Chris Owens: Electrifying One Woman Show.

Chris Owens Collection

Maracas and more from the queen of Bourbon Street

Pen and ink drawing of three adult egrets hovering over a nest of young egrets. The nest and adults are standing on a bed of broken limbs and branches. The word "Egrets" is formed from broken branches.

Louisiana Alphabet

Lexical illustrations from the godfather of the Historic New Orleans Collection

A vibrant, surreal painting with a woman in patterned clothing holding a fish and a kettle. A crowd of diverse people surrounds her, along with abstract elements like a clown face, pelican, and flag, set against a backdrop of buildings and swirling colors.

Homage to the French Quarter

The bohemian scene of midcentury New Orleans comes to life in this exciting acquisition.

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Cover of Garden Legacy featuring a classical illustration of an angelic figure with wings and a flowing pink robe, perched above a column amidst greenery. The background has a decorative geometric pattern.

Garden Legacy

by Mary Louise Mossy Christovich and Roulhac Bunkley Toledano
with a foreword by S. Frederick Starr

Cover of Creole World by Richard Sexton. Features an old, weathered building facade with a mix of colorful, peeling paint. A gated window is prominent, along with text detailing the books focus on New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean.

Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere

by Richard Sexton
with essays by Jay D. Edwards and John H. Lawrence
 

Historical painting depicting the founding era of New Orleans. The scene includes sailors, Indigenous people, and European settlers alongside a ship. The title, New Orleans, the Founding Era, appears at the top in English and French.

New Orleans, the Founding Era

edited by / édité par Erin M. Greenwald
translated by / traduit par Henry Colomer

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