Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Huger, Emily Hamilton |
Notes |
Emily Huger was a Louisiana artist known for her Impressionistic depictions of South Louisiana landscapes, especially live oaks and Spanish moss. Born in New Orleans in 1881, she studied art in New York under William Chase, the leading American proponent of Impressionism and founder of the Chase School, which would become the Parsons School of Design. In 1904 she returned to New Orleans to teach at the newly opened Isidore Newman Manual Training School, where she taught until 1918. After working for the Army Medical Corp until 1921, she joined the faculty at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute, currently known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She was a member of numerous arts organizations, including the Art Association of New Orleans, the American Federation of the Arts, the College Art Association, the Southern States Arts League, and the Arts and Crafts Club of New Oleans. She died in Lafayette, LA, in 1946. |
Nationality |
American |
Occupation |
Painter and art educator |
