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Marie Adrien Persac
Franco-American artist and cartographer
Marie Adrien Persac | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()December 14, Samur, France |
| Died | July 21, () (aged&#;49) Manchac, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Other&#;names | Adrien Persac, A.
Persac |
| Spouse | Marie Odile Daigre |
| Children | 3 |
Marie Adrien Persac (December 14, – July 21, ) was a French-born American fine art painter, cartographer, photographer, and art teacher. Persac watercolored south Louisiana plantation houses and other aspects of the Southern landscape, and his work has much importance to Southern historians.
His work was often signed, A. Persac.
Early life
Marie Adrien Persac was born December 14, , in Saumur, France to Pierre Edouard Persac and Pauline Sophie Marie Falloux.[1] However the family perpetuated rumors of being from Lyon and it's possible he lived there briefly after leaving home.[1] Between and , he we