"Baton Rouge 1880" By: Robert M. Rucker (Signed and Numbered Print) - $50 (baton rouge)
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"Baton Rouge 1880" By: Robert M. Rucker (Signed and Numbered)Very Rare Image Size: 22 X 26 Overall Size: 25 X 29 Robert Malcolm Rucker (March 28, 1932 - March 7, 2001) was a southern, impressionistic artist born in New Orleans, Louisiana . At the age of sixteen he opened his first art gallery in the French Quarter .Having been born the son of Edward Augustus Rucker, a noted Louisiana steamboat captain, many of Rucker's works focus on the southern countryside of the Mississippi Delta. Following a long day of swimming in the Mississippi River, Rucker developed a severe case of poliomyelitis at the age of seventeen. As a result of his illness, the Louisiana Department of Education funded Rucker's education at the John McCrady School of Fine Arts located on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Later following his graduation, Rucker worked briefly as a medical school illustrator for Tulane University School of Medicine .
NOTE, this has Never been Framed
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