Background
Dessar, Louis Paul was born on January 22, 1867 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph B. Dessar.
Dessar, Louis Paul was born on January 22, 1867 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph B. Dessar.
Student College City of New York: pupil of National Academy Design, New York City. Mechanical Engineering Bouguereau and Tony Robert Fleury, Paris, and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.
Awarded 3d Class medal, Paris Salon, 1891. Medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893, picture bought by French government, 1893. Mention Carnegie Institute, 1897.
First Hallgarten prize, National Academy Design, 1900, North.A., 1906.
Represented in National Gallery, Washington, Omaha and Saint Louis galleries and Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City Home: Old Lyme, Connecticut
Married Elizabeth Coombe, September 3, 1891.