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Lot 928
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George Frederick Castleden (American/New Orleans, 1861-1945), "Beauregard House at Chalmette Battlefield", oil on canvas, signed and dated "34" lower left, 35 3/4 in. x 54 1/2 in., framed.
- Provenance: Provenance: Commissioned by D.H. Holmes Department Store, Canal Street, New Orleans, c. 1935-36; to private collector. Note: Built in 1830, the stately and majestic Beauregard House sits on the banks of the Mississippi River. It is named after Judge René Beauregard, the last private owner and son of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. The Beauregard House was built adjacent to the site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Today the battlefield, Beauregard House and U.S. Civil War Cemetery make up the Chalmette Battlefield, a federal park located in St. Bernard Parish. The British-born artist George F. Castleden lived and worked in New Orleans during the first half of the twentieth century. An active member of the artistic community that had gathered in the French Quarter, Castleden was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club and Art League of New Orleans and was an ardent preservationist. The historic architecture and evocative tropical bayous of Southern Louisiana became favorite subjects of the artist. In 1936, Castleden left New Orleans and moved to Charleston, South Carolina. Between 1934 and 1936, Frank Evans, then owner of D.H. Holmes Department Store on Canal Street, commissioned Castleden to create a series of paintings to be displayed in the store. Seven murals shaped to fit the transoms and niches of D.H. Holmes' Potpourri Restaurant are now in the collection of the Louisiana State Museum. Reference: Bacot, H. Parrott, Louisiana Art From the Roger Houston Ogden Collection, Anglo-American Art Museum and Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1992.
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September 13, 2009 11:00 AM CDT
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