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[[File:Jacques Amans self portrait, 1845.jpg|thumb|right|Self-Portrait, 1845]]
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| image = Jacques Amans self portrait, 1845.jpg
| alt = self-portrait of Jacque Amans dated 1845
| caption = Self-portrait, 1845
| birth_date = {{birth date|1801|05|29}}
| birth_place = [[Maastricht]], [[Meuse-Inférieure]], [[French First Republic|French Republic]] (now [[Netherlands]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1888|01|10|1801|05|29}}
| death_place = [[Lévis-Saint-Nom]], [[Yvelines]], France
| movement = [[Neoclassicism]]
| patrons = [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Zachary Taylor]]
| known_for = Portraits
}}


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'''Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans''' (1801–1888) was a French [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] portrait painter working in [[New Orleans]] in the 1840s and 1850s.<ref name="gerdts">Gerdts, William H., Art Across America, River Cross Press (Abbeville Press), Vol II, p. 94, 1990. {{ISBN|978-1-55859-033-5}} (flyleaf).</ref>
'''Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans''' (1801–1888) was a French
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[[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] portrait painter working in [[New Orleans]] in the 1840s and 1850s.<ref name="gerdts">Gerdts, William H., Art Across America, River Cross Press (Abbeville Press), Vol II, p. 94, 1990. {{ISBN|978-1-55859-033-5}} (flyleaf).</ref>


==Life and career==
Amans was born in [[Maastricht]], a French city at the time. His father, Paul Serge Amans, was born in Narbonne (F) in 1765, was a French officer (Capitaine-Adjudant de place de 1ère classe à Maastricht) of Napoléon. Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans was trained in the French neoclassical tradition of portraiture. He exhibited at the [[Paris Salon]] from 1831 to 1837. News of fellow-artist [[Jean Joseph Vaudechamp]]’s good fortune in finding patrons probably led Amans to visit [[Louisiana]] since the two artists traveled on the same ship from France to [[New Orleans]] in about 1837. Following Vaudechamp’s departure from Louisiana in 1839, Amans assumed the role as the most celebrated portraitist in Louisiana. In the mid-1840s he married Azoline Landreaux, the daughter of a [[St. Charles Parish]] sugar planter Pierre Honoré Landreaux and Joséphine Armant, and purchased Trinity Plantation on [[Bayou Lafourche]].
Amans was born in [[Maastricht]], at the time under the control of France. His father, Paul Serge Amans, was born in [[Narbonne]] in 1765 and became a French officer (Capitaine-Adjudant de place de 1ère classe à Maastricht) in [[Napoleon|Napoléon's]] army. He was trained in the French [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical tradition]] of portraiture and exhibited at the [[Paris Salon]] from 1831 to 1837. News of fellow artist [[Jean Joseph Vaudechamp]]’s good fortune in finding patrons probably led Amans to visit [[Louisiana]], given that the two artists traveled on the same ship from France to [[New Orleans]] in about 1837. Following [[Jean Joseph Vaudechamp|Vaudechamp’s]] departure from Louisiana in 1839, Amans assumed the role as the most celebrated portraitist in Louisiana. In the mid-1840s, he married Azoline Landreaux, the daughter of [[St. Charles Parish]] sugar planter Pierre Honoré Landreaux and Joséphine Armant, and purchased [[Trinity plantation|Trinity Plantation]] on [[Bayou Lafourche]]. In 1856, Louisiana planter Robert Ruffin Barrow Sr. persuaded Amans to remain in Louisiana longer to paint an almost life-sized portrait of his wife, Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow, sister of Confederate submarine captain [[Horace Hunley]], and their daughter, Volumnia Roberta. The [[portrait]] now hangs in [[Residence Plantation House]] on Volumnia Farm in [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana]]. The same year, in 1856, Amans and Azoline returned to France, where he died in 1888 at Château de Lévis Saint Nom, aged 87, never having the chance to return to [[Louisiana]].<ref name="gerdts" />
In 1856 Louisiana planter Robert Ruffin Barrow Sr. persuaded Amans to remain in Louisiana longer and paint an almost life size portrait of his wife Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow (sister of the famous confederate submarine Captain Horace Hunley) and their daughter Volumnia Roberta.
The portrait now hangs in [[Residence Plantation House]] on Volumnia Farm in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
The same year, in 1856, Amans and Azoline moved back to France, where he died in 1888, château de Lévis Saint Nom (78), never having returned to Louisiana.<ref name="gerdts" />


==Work==
==Work==
Clara Mazureau, whose portrait Amans painted when she was a young girl, was the daughter of Aimée Grima and [[Etienne Mazureau|Étienne Mazureau]], Attorney General of Louisiana. Amans completed the portraits of several members of the Grima and Mazureau families in the 1840s. As in the Clara Mazureau portrait, Amans- favored the three quarter length pose.<ref>Lombardi, Tara, The Great Advocate: Étienne Mazureau, accomplished attorney &amp; statesman (1777-1849), ''De Novo'', Vol. 7(2), Fall 2009, pp. 6-7. The article author suggests the painting of Étienne Mazureau could be Amans' or Vaudechamp's work, however, it has been noted the technical details of the painting are truer to Amans' style than Vaudechamp's.</ref>
Clara Mazureau, whose portrait Amans painted when she was a young girl, was the daughter of Aimée Grima and [[Etienne Mazureau|Étienne Mazureau]], Attorney General of Louisiana. Amans completed the portraits of several members of the Grima and Mazureau families in the 1840s. As in the Clara Mazureau portrait, Amans favored the three quarter length pose.<ref>Lombardi, Tara, The Great Advocate: Étienne Mazureau, accomplished attorney &amp; statesman (1777-1849), ''De Novo'', Vol. 7(2), Fall 2009, pp. 6-7. The article author suggests the painting of Étienne Mazureau could be Amans' or Vaudechamp's work, however, it has been noted the technical details of the painting are truer to Amans' style than Vaudechamp's.</ref>


Influenced by the French neoclassical artists [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]] and [[Jacques-Louis David]], Amans emphasized meticulous [[drawing|draftsmanship]] and [[realism (arts)|realism]] with particular attention to the sitter’s face and hands.
Influenced by the French neoclassical artists [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]] and [[Jacques-Louis David]], Amans emphasized meticulous [[drawing|draftsmanship]] and [[realism (arts)|realism]] with particular attention to the sitter’s face and hands.


==Famous subjects==
==Famous subjects==
Among Amans' most famous subjects was President [[Andrew Jackson]], who sat for his portrait in 1840 (the 25th Anniversary of the [[Battle of New Orleans]]). The painting is rich in details of both [[physiognomy]] and surroundings, and shows an elderly, though not frail, former president.
Among Amans' most famous subjects was President [[Andrew Jackson]], who sat for his portrait in 1840 (the 25th Anniversary of the [[Battle of New Orleans]]). The painting is rich in details of both [[physiognomy]] and surroundings and shows an elderly, though not frail, former president.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" widths="250px" heights="250px">
<gallery mode="packed" widths="250" heights="250">
File:Michel Douradou Bringier 1843 J Amans.jpg|Portrait of Michel Douradou Bringier (1843)
File:Michel Douradou Bringier 1843 J Amans.jpg|Portrait of Michel Douradou Bringier (1843)
File:Jacques Aman Creole in a Red Turban.jpeg| portrait of a Creole woman in a red [[tignon]] (c.1840)
File:Jacques Amans, Creole in a red headdress (Historic New Orleans Coll 2010.0306).jpg|Portrait of a Creole woman in a red [[tignon]] (c. 1840)
Image:Amans-miltenberger.jpg|Portrait of Mrs. Gustave Miltenberger (née Corinne Knott) (1840)
File:Amans-miltenberger.jpg|Portrait of Mrs. Gustave Miltenberger (née Corinne Knott) (1840)
Image:Amans-jackson.jpg|Portrait of Andrew Jackson (1840)
File:Amans-jackson.jpg|Portrait of Andrew Jackson (1840)
File:Clara Mazureau by Amans.jpg|Portrait of Clara Mazureau (1838)
File:Clara Mazureau by Amans.jpg|Portrait of Clara Mazureau (1838)
File:Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret by Amans.jpg| Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret (1835)
File:Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret by Amans.jpg|Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret (1835)
A portrait of Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow, made by Jacques Amans in 1856, is found at Volumnia Farm in Houma, Louisiana.
File:VolumniaWHBarrow.jpg|Portrait of Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow (1856), Volumnia Farm, Houma, LA
File:Portrait, François Gabriel Valcour Aimé, Jacques Amans.jpg|Portrait of François Gabriel "Valcour" Aimé (1838)
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VolumniaBarrowAmans.jpg]
File:Frey Children and Belizaire, 1837.jpg|[[Belizaire and the Frey Children|Bélizaire and the Frey Children, c. 1837]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 03:47, 5 February 2024

Jacques Amans
self-portrait of Jacque Amans dated 1845
Self-portrait, 1845
Born(1801-05-29)May 29, 1801
Maastricht, Meuse-Inférieure, French Republic (now Netherlands)
DiedJanuary 10, 1888(1888-01-10) (aged 86)
Lévis-Saint-Nom, Yvelines, France
Known forPortraits
MovementNeoclassicism
Patron(s)Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (1801–1888) was a French neoclassical portrait painter working in New Orleans in the 1840s and 1850s.[1]

Life and career

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Amans was born in Maastricht, at the time under the control of France. His father, Paul Serge Amans, was born in Narbonne in 1765 and became a French officer (Capitaine-Adjudant de place de 1ère classe à Maastricht) in Napoléon's army. He was trained in the French neoclassical tradition of portraiture and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1837. News of fellow artist Jean Joseph Vaudechamp’s good fortune in finding patrons probably led Amans to visit Louisiana, given that the two artists traveled on the same ship from France to New Orleans in about 1837. Following Vaudechamp’s departure from Louisiana in 1839, Amans assumed the role as the most celebrated portraitist in Louisiana. In the mid-1840s, he married Azoline Landreaux, the daughter of St. Charles Parish sugar planter Pierre Honoré Landreaux and Joséphine Armant, and purchased Trinity Plantation on Bayou Lafourche. In 1856, Louisiana planter Robert Ruffin Barrow Sr. persuaded Amans to remain in Louisiana longer to paint an almost life-sized portrait of his wife, Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow, sister of Confederate submarine captain Horace Hunley, and their daughter, Volumnia Roberta. The portrait now hangs in Residence Plantation House on Volumnia Farm in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The same year, in 1856, Amans and Azoline returned to France, where he died in 1888 at Château de Lévis Saint Nom, aged 87, never having the chance to return to Louisiana.[1]

Work

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Clara Mazureau, whose portrait Amans painted when she was a young girl, was the daughter of Aimée Grima and Étienne Mazureau, Attorney General of Louisiana. Amans completed the portraits of several members of the Grima and Mazureau families in the 1840s. As in the Clara Mazureau portrait, Amans favored the three quarter length pose.[2]

Influenced by the French neoclassical artists Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Jacques-Louis David, Amans emphasized meticulous draftsmanship and realism with particular attention to the sitter’s face and hands.

Famous subjects

[edit]

Among Amans' most famous subjects was President Andrew Jackson, who sat for his portrait in 1840 (the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans). The painting is rich in details of both physiognomy and surroundings and shows an elderly, though not frail, former president.

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  • Portrait of Michel Douradou Bringier (1843)
    Portrait of Michel Douradou Bringier (1843)
  • Portrait of a Creole woman in a red tignon (c. 1840)
    Portrait of a Creole woman in a red tignon (c. 1840)
  • Portrait of Mrs. Gustave Miltenberger (née Corinne Knott) (1840)
    Portrait of Mrs. Gustave Miltenberger (née Corinne Knott) (1840)
  • Portrait of Andrew Jackson (1840)
    Portrait of Andrew Jackson (1840)
  • Portrait of Clara Mazureau (1838)
    Portrait of Clara Mazureau (1838)
  • Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret (1835)
    Portrait of Mme Augustine Massicot Tanneret (1835)
  • Portrait of Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow (1856), Volumnia Farm, Houma, LA
    Portrait of Volumnia Washington Hunley Barrow (1856), Volumnia Farm, Houma, LA
  • Portrait of François Gabriel "Valcour" Aimé (1838)
    Portrait of François Gabriel "Valcour" Aimé (1838)
  • Bélizaire and the Frey Children, c. 1837
    Bélizaire and the Frey Children, c. 1837

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jacques Amans.
  1. ^ a b Gerdts, William H., Art Across America, River Cross Press (Abbeville Press), Vol II, p. 94, 1990. ISBN 978-1-55859-033-5 (flyleaf).
  2. ^ Lombardi, Tara, The Great Advocate: Étienne Mazureau, accomplished attorney & statesman (1777-1849), De Novo, Vol. 7(2), Fall 2009, pp. 6-7. The article author suggests the painting of Étienne Mazureau could be Amans' or Vaudechamp's work, however, it has been noted the technical details of the painting are truer to Amans' style than Vaudechamp's.
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