Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: January 1, 1778 - December 12, 1846

Biographical Information

Citation:

Peat, Wilbur D. Pioneer Painters of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN: Art Association of Indianapolis, 1954.

Elliott, Josephine Mirabella and Jane Thompson Johansen. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur: Premier Naturalist and Artist, c. 1999.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSP 130

Scope and Contents The Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art (circa 1800-1846; 43 items) contains twenty-six pencil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor sketches on paper by Charles Lesueur and seventeen pencil and watercolor sketches attributed to Virginia Dupalais Twigg, Lesueur's niece and pupil who lived with him in New Harmony, or Lucy Sistare Say, a fellow artist teaching at New Harmony. Many of the sketches document life in New...

Dates: 1800 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1837

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections