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Richard Clague (French/New Orleans, 1816-1878), "Bay Jaune (Fishing Camp on Pilings)", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 16 1/4 in. x 24 1/4 in., period frame. Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Aristide Hopkins, New Orleans and Biloxi; thence by descent in the family. Note: The delicately placed fishing camp over water that Richard Clague chose to depict in the work offered here is a rare, intriguing composition that remains today enduring and timeless. The low horizon and expanse of sky direct the eye to the structure of the camp, and the viewer is drawn to the red brick chimney in the center of the painting. The attention to detail in the barrel and small figure on the porch of the camp are characteristic of the artist's best work and are contrasted against the vastness of the landscape surrounding them. Clague must have visited the camp several times to sketch and paint the scene; a study of this exact view can be found in one of his sketchbooks now in the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art. As on many of Clague's drawings, he jotted down the location of the scene, and his notation Jaune on the study for this painting reveals the fishing camp was situated on Bay Jaune. Bay Jaune is located just off Lake Pontchartrain near the present city of Slidell, which was not founded until 1882 and would have been a small, rural community during Clague's time. Aristide Hopkins, who acquired this painting from Clague, owned homes in both New Orleans and Biloxi and was known for inviting artists to both locations; Bay Jaune is directly en route between the two cities. Ref.: Toledano, Roulhac. Richard Clague: 1821-1873. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1974.