Marie Adrien Persac | |
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Born | Samur, France | December 14, 1823
Died | July 21, 1873 Manchac, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 49)
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, 1823 – July 21, 1873) 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.