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DOMINICO [or DOMINIQUE] CANOVA b. 1800, Milan, Italy d. 1868, New Orleans, Louisiana Mother Louisiana, ca. 1850 Oil on canvas; 46 x 38 in. Roger H. Ogden Collection From 1840 until his death in 1868, Dominico Canova was among the best decorative and mural painters in New Orleans, working in churches, hotels, and private residences. He was also active as a drawing and painting teacher and made at least a few lithographs. Ornamental painting was Canova’s forté. He painted murals for early New Orleans art collector James Robb during the early 1840s, ceiling decorations at Our Lady of the Lake Church in 1846 (with fellow Italian Antoine Mondelli), the French Opera House in the early 1850s, and frescos for St. Alphonsus Church (1866). He may have painted ceiling or altar decorations for St. Louis Cathedral, but this is undocumented. Records do indicate that Canova painted murals at both Whitney (1848) and San Francisco (ca. 1850) plantations. He also painted faux wall treatments on the rear gallery and ceiling at Whitney. RAL COLONIAL THROUGH ANTEBELLUM LOUISIANA 35  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1153 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1153

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