Lot 874: Marie Therese Bernard de Jaham

Marie Therese Bernard de Jaham (American/New Orleans, 1869-1916), "Peddler Traveling in the Louisiana Countryside", oil on board, signed lower right, 8 in. x 11 in., antique frame Note: A student of George David Coulon and Andres Molinary, Marie Therese Bernard de Jaham was an accomplished woman artist working in New Orleans at the turn of the century. In 1910, she earned a painting commission from St. Augustine, an African-American church in the Faubourg Treme. Known for her religious paintings, de Jaham painted a copy of Murillo's famed "Assumption of the Virgin" and life-size figures of the four evangelists for ceiling of the church. In this charming painting, de Jahm depicts a scene from life, a peddler and his mule drawn cart as he roamed through southern Louisiana selling his wares.Reference: Mahe, John and Rosanne McCaffery, eds., Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718-1918, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1987, p. 103.
Starting Bid: $500