Was a 19-century free man of color who lived in New Orleans.He was a successful painter.He is known as the first African American or French Creole of Color operating in American by whom a self portrait was found.
He was born in New Orleans.His daddy,John T.Hudson,was a British ship chandler and ironmonger.His mama,Suzanne Desiree Marcos,was a free New Orleans quadroon (of Caucasian and African origins).Before studying painting,he briefly was a tailor's apprentice in the mid-1820s.He then studied with Antoine Meucci,an itinerant miniaturist painter,between 1826 & 1827.Julien's learning then continued in Paris with well-known artist Alexandre Abel de Pujol (after 1827).After returning to New Orleans,Julien opened his own studio on Bienville Street in 1831.Many free of color because professional artists,muscians or writers.
He died in New Orleans.
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