George Dureau Black and White Photography
George Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Dureau was born to Clara Rosella Legett Dureau and George Valentine Dureau in the Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in Mid-City. He graduated with a fine arts degree from LSU in 1952, after which he began architectural studies at Tulane University. Dureau briefly served in the U.S. Army. Before being able to survive as an artist, he worked for Maison Blanche, a New Orleans department store, as a display designer/window dresser. For the vast majority of his life, he lived in the French Quarter, where he was well known for his eccentricity and hospitality. His friend and student, Robert Mapplethorpe restaged many of his earlier black and white photographs. Many of his pieces are held at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Several of his works are displayed publicly throughout New Orleans, most notably, the pediment sculpture for Harrah's Casino and his cast-bronze sculptures stand sentinel at the entrance gates of New Orleans City Park. Dureau’s depiction of a Mardi Gras parade dominates one wall in Gallier Hall. One of his more popular set of works, Black 1973–1986, a series of black and white photographs concentrating on young black men, toured throughout the USA to rave reviews. Dureau died of Alzheimer's disease in 2014.
1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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Late 20th Century George Dureau Black and White Photography
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Late 20th Century George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1970s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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20th Century Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1970s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1960s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Other Art Style George Dureau Black and White Photography
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1980s Contemporary George Dureau Black and White Photography
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