Adolph D. Rinck (French/American 1810-?)
The artist Adolph D. Rinck was born in France and trained at the Royal Academy of Berlin. Following Jean Joseph Vaudechamp’s success as a portrait artist in New Orleans, Rinck arrived in the city during the winter of 1840 and advertised as a portrait painter. Soon Rinck’s talent as an artist became well known and he earned numerous portrait commissions from the wealthy planters and merchants of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana.
In 1859, he purchased a farm in Algiers, Louisiana, and became interested in scientific agriculture. He advocated teaching agriculture at the university level along with the other sciences. He remained in Louisiana, even though he traveled frequently and probably left for duration of the Civil War, returning afterward. He was active in New Orleans from 1840 to 1871.
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