Biografie von Edward E. DESSOMES (1845-1908)

Birth place: New Orleans, LA

Death place: New Orleans, LA

Addresses: New Orleans, LA active 1888-1908; Covington, LA

Profession: Portraitpainter, landscape painter, teacher

Studied: Paris

Exhibited: Artist's Assoc. of New Orleans, 1889-90

Member: Artist's Assoc. of N.O., 1890

Comments: Member of a prominent N.O.family, he studied medicine in Paris, but also visited art studios to study painting. After returning home in 1888, he preferred working as an artist to being a doctor.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 107.