biography of Edward P. CLEARY (1853-?)

Birth place: LA

Addresses: New Orleans, LA, active 1872-1901

Profession: Painter

Exhibited: World's Ind. and Cotton Cent. Exh., 1884-85 (Colored Peoples Exh.")"

Comments: African American artist who painted portraits and still lifes, and also did japanning and ornamentation of objects.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 80.