Lot 95: Charles Giroux (b. France, c. 1828, active New

Charles Giroux (b. France, c. 1828, active New Orleans 1868-1885), "Une Scène Acadienne", oil on canvas, unsigned, 14 1/8 in. x 17 3/8 in. Note: Charles Giroux depicted the rural landscapes of Louisiana's bayou country from the 1860s to the 1880s. Employing a unique style, perspective and compositional format, his work is often unsigned. The painting offered here relates closely to a signed work in the collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art from the collection of Roger H. Ogden. Both works depict a similar cabin along a curved bayou with chickens in the yard and a flock of ducks paddling in the water, with a woman in a blue dress and a man in a red shirt. Additionally, each has a fence line with a similar perspective of a dirt road running on the diagonal, and large moss-laden trees in the foreground. The billowing clouds and distinctive bright coloration are other traits of this painting that are quintessentially characteristic of Giroux. Reference: Delehanty, Randolph, Art in the American South: Works from the Ogden Collection, LSU Press, 1996, p. 119.