Caroline Durieux
| Caroline Wogan Durieux | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 22, 1896 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
Caroline Wogan Durieux (January 22, 1896, New Orleans–November 26, 1989, Baton Rouge) was an American lithographer, and Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University.
Durieux was born in New Orleans, La on January 22, 1896. She began to draw at the age of four and received art lessons from Mary Butler, a member of the Newcomb College Art faculty. She worked in watercolor from the age of six and in 1908 created a portfolio of watercolors depicting new Orleans scenery. Most of these early works are in The Historic New Orleans Collection. She continued at Newcomb College of Tulane University in the Art School headed by Ellsworth Woodward. From her college days she was interested in satire and the use of humor in her imagery. Durieux earned a bachelor's in design in 1916 and a bachelor's in art education in 1917, and she pursued graduate studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art led by Henry McCarter (1866 – 1942). She returned to Louisiana after graduate school and married Pierre Durieux (1889 - 1949) in April 1920. Pierre worked in his family's business importing laces and dress goods from many Latin countries.
The Latin connections led Pierre to a job in Cuba which Caroline described as a time of "quiet artistic growth that heightened her sense of color. Caroline Durieux lived in the French Quarter in the mid 20s and was part of a circle of talented and creative individuals featured in a private publication, "Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles" Her next door neighbors were the author William Faulkner and the silver designer William Spratling.
In 1926, Pierre was named chief representative of General Motors for all of Latin America. While he traveled throughout the region, Caroline stayed and worked in Mexico City. Caroline had received a letter of introduction to Diego Rivera from Tulane anthropologist Franz Blom which helped ease her transition into the local community of artists. In 1929, Rene d'Harnoncourt (1901-1968), an important figure in the art world and later the director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, organized a solo exhi-bition of Caroline's oils and drawings at the Sonora News Company. Diego Rivera wrote a favorable review of his friend's exhibition and then chose the occasion to paint her portrait
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