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CAROLINE WOGAN DURIEUX b. 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 1989, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Cafe Tupinamba, 1934 Oil on canvas; 32 x 40 in. Louisiana State University Museum of Art Gift of Mr. Charles P. Manship, Jr. Twentieth-century artist Caroline Wogan Durieux was a nationally known painter, lithographer, and social satirist. An important figure in New Orleans’ art world, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s, Durieux served as director of the Federal Art Project for Louisiana, administered by the Works Progress Administration. Durieux influenced future Louisiana artists not only with her art, but also by teaching at Newcomb College in New Orleans and at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. At the latter institution, she helped develop a new printmaking process utilizing radioactive ink. RM LOUISIANA: THE NEW CENTURY 143  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=527 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=527

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