Born in 1811, Julien Hudson was the son of a British ship chandler and a free woman of color from New Orleans.
Hudson studied painting with Antoine Meucci for a couple of years before continuing his training in Paris with Alexandre Abel de Pujol. In 1831, he returned to New Orleans and opened his own studio. Not much more is known of his life. He died in 1844.
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Mixed Experience History Month is the annual blog post series created by writer Heidi Durrowcelebrating the history of the Mixed experience. Established in 2007, Mixed Experience History Month is an effort to highlight the long history of folks involved in the Mixed experience. Please look for more profiles of people, places and events of the Mixed experience every weekday of May at Lightskinned-ed Girl, the blog! Thanks for reading. And check out some of the previous year's profiles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
