The following Entries are associated with this Time Period. We invite you to read them and learn more about the Late-20th Century on KnowLA.
Abshire, Nathan
Nathan Abshire was a singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who was a central figure in the mid-twentieth-century evolution of Cajun music. Continue »
Adams, Franklin
Franklin Adams was a prolific artist and teacher active in New Orleans for more than fifty years. His cross-media works spanned painting, sculpture, illustration, design, and architecture. Continue »
Albritton, Sarah
Sarah Albritton is an artist and restauranteur and artist in Ruston. Growing up as an African American in rural north Louisiana in the 1930s and 1940s, Albritton learned to express the poverty, abuse, and racism she experienced through a variety of artistic outlets including cooking, prose and poetry, and many types of visual art. Continue »
Albrizio, Conrad
Though born in New York City, artist Conrad Albrizio did much of his work in Louisiana, and his frescos, murals, and paintings ornament Depression-era buildings throughout the region. Continue »
Alférez, Enrique
Sculptor Enrique Alferez's life spanned almost the entire twentieth century, with much of it spent creating art works in Louisiana. Continue »
Allen, David
David Allen is a walking stick carver from Homer, Louisiana. His work often includes the heads of men, animals, and snakes combined with elements of popular culture. Continue »
Anderson, Matthew IV
For three decades, photographer Matt Anderson has focused his camera on New Orleans' musicians, cultural events, and the performing arts. Continue »
Anderson, Walter Inglis
Walter Inglis Anderson, born in New Orleans, expressed his unique artistic vision in murals, watercolors, oils, sketches, sculpture, rugs, wallpaper, and furniture, among other art forms. Continue »
Ardoin, Alphonse "Bois Sec"
Alfonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin was an accomplished Zydeco accordion musician. Continue »
Armstrong, Louis
Renowned as a seminal figure in the evolution of jazz, Louis Armstrong is also considered one of the major artistic figures of the twentieth century. Continue »
Audubon Park
Fronting the Mississippi River, Audubon Park is one of New Orleans’s most popular attractions for both tourists and locals. Continue »
Azaceta, Luis Cruz
Cuban-born New Orleans artist Luis Cruz Azaceta creates monumental assemblages of barricades and photo constructions of urban blight, representing both hope and decay within American culture. Continue »
Balfa, Dewey
Dewey Balfa was a Cajun musician and cultural activist who emerged in the 1970s as an effective spokesman for the grassroots Cajun identity movement. Continue »
Barthé, Earl
Earl Barthe was a fifth-generation architectural artisan who created architectural decorative plaster works. Continue »
Bartholomew, Dave
A pillar of New Orleans rhythm and blues (R&B) community, Dave Bartholomew is a trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, bandleader, and astute businessman. Continue »
Basso, Hamilton
New Orleans-born Hamilton Basso was an influential novelist and journalist, as well as part of the southern literary renaissance. Continue »
Benglis, Lynda
Born in Lake Charles, Lynda Benglis is an internationally renowned sculptor who is famous for her innovations in both materials and artistic process. Continue »
Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton was a Missouri Regionalist painter who made frequent trips to the American South, including Louisiana. Continue »
Birch, Willie
Artist Willie Birch's work emphasizes the continuing relevance of African heritage in New Orleans, the vernacular vitality of its African American community, and the city's dark legacy of racial oppression. Continue »
Bishop, Jacqueline
New Orleans painter Jacqueline Bishop has created a body of work that has taken her from Louisiana swamplands to Latin American rainforests. Continue »
