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Elemore Morgan Jr.
Elemore Morgan Jr. (August 6, 1931 – May 18, 2008) was an American painter, photographer, and educator. He was recognized in the Southern United States as a leading contemporary landscape artist. He was a professor of art at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from 1965 until 1998. His paintings of rice farms in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Vermilion Parish have been widely exhibited, from Paris to Los Angeles. Life Elemore Morgan Jr. was born on August 6, 1931 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he was an only child, and he was raised on his grandfather's farm. His upbringing shaped his affinity for nature and the rural life in Louisiana. His father Elemore Morgan Sr. influenced his decision to become an artist. His father was a full-time photographer, had also worked and farmed with Louisiana architect A. Hays Town. At Louisiana State University and studied art, under the tutelage of Caroline Durieux, Ralston Crawford, and David LeDoux. For two years he served in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. Since 2020, it has been the 99th-most-populous city in the United States and the second-largest city in Louisiana, after New Orleans; Baton Rouge is the 18th-most-populous state capital. According to the 2020 United States census, the city-proper had a population of 227,470; its consolidated population was 456,781 in 2020. The city is the center of the Greater Baton Rouge area—Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area—with a population of 870,569 as of 2020, up from 802,484 in 2010. The Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. This allowed development of a business qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
