BRESSE PLANTATION MAGIC / artistry is precious

+JEAN BAPTISTE de BRESSE+

>our great, great grandfather came from villefranche<

>sur-mer-france, an important ancient seaport with a<

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+ VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER)+

>fascinating history, including our savoy de bresse,<

>king francois I & jean cocteau sion priory history<

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+BRESTON PLANTATION+

>located in north central louisiana was built by<

>jean baptiste de bresse, descendent of admiral<

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+CATHERINE de BRESSE)+

>duke de bresse de savoy which was taken<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>>>>>/ JOHN RAY)+

>over by our great grandfather john ray<

>when he married catherine de bresse<

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+CAROLYN YOUNGBLOOD+

>a very talented, prolific and successful louisiana<

>artist lives in >breston plantation today w/ her<

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+CAROLYN YOUNGBLOOD)+

>father hugh & plant specialist brother breston<

>and we visited there w/ judge henley hunter<

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 >louisiana plantation french african history is<
>an important orientation of much of my mail<
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+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+
>art xerography collage graphics that for many<
>years i mailed in art packets to nola friends<
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 >it is sad that the powerful native american<
>culture in louisiana was largely eliminated<
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+>>>>> / POVERTY POINT)+
>by the european heritage pioneers like our<
>ray ancestors who came into n. louisiana<
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 >it was a powerful experience for marianne<
>and i to visit breston plantation where our<
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+BRESTON PLANTATION)+
>great grand parents lived & worked many<
>years ago / (they had a fabulous history)<
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 >carolyn youngblood seen here w/ her father<
>hugh youngblood is a very dedicated artist<
+(GOOGLE : CAROLYN+
+YOUNGBLOOD.COM)+
>w/ a career that is expanding rapidly & is<
>focused on painting indigenous organics<
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 >this portrait of jean baptiste de bresse hangs<
>in the kitchen of >breston plantation and if a<
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+DUKE de BRESSE de SAVOY)+
>portrait could talk would tell us the amazing<
>story of >ancestor duke de bresse de savoy<
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 >this is my granddaughter ashley ray who is<
>six years old on this very day & is showing<
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+SELENA BRESSE GREGORY)+
>artistic talents of her ancestor selena bresse<
>gregory who grew up at breston plantation<
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 >on the cane river near natchitoches louisiana>
>is melrose plantation where francois mignon<
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+ / MELROSE PLANTATION)+
>introduced artistry to famed artist clementine<
>hunter & made the plantation a work of art<
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>this is the xenon troudeau louisiana plantation<

>in st. charles parish on the mississippi river &<

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+XENON TROUDEAU HOUSE)+

>is a unique design w/ four conical towers on<

>each corner of the house, creating radiance<

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 >these are google earth aerial views of the<
>french port of villefranche-sur-mer & we<
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+BRESSE TEMPLAR FORT)+
>see the bresse savoy templar fortress(top<
>photo left) / cocteau chapel above photo<
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+HUGH YOUNGBLOOD JR+
>carolyn's brother has provided an excellent<
>photo of a conical tent design that is very<
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+ARCHITECT / (FACEBOOK))+
>good and i have placed it on Facebook<
>(please see my Facebook page for this)<
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+HAPPY BIRTHDAY+
+TO ASHLEY RAY+ !

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu