Charles T. Baisley (American, 19th/20th c., active New Orleans, 1907-1916), "Bayou Bucktown", oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled lower center, pencil-inscribed on stretcher, 12 1/8 in. x 16 in., framed. Note: Charles T. Baisley was born in Boston and worked in New Orleans as an officer with the Whitney-Central National Bank and as an amateur painter from 1907 to 1916. His paintings were exhibited with the Art Association of New Orleans, and like many of his contemporaries, Baisley was drawn to the local landscape for inspiration. In the atmospheric work offered here, he captured an early 20th century view of Bucktown. In the mid-to-late 1800s, the banks of Orleans Parish on Lake Pontchartrain boasted many popular tourist destinations, including Spanish Fort, Milneburg and West End, while Jefferson Parish seemingly only had one, Bucktown. Originally this area, on the Jefferson Parish side of the 17th Street canal, was named “East End,” even though in true Louisiana fashion it lay just west of Orleans Parish’s “West End.” There are many theories proposed for the origins of the name Bucktown - perhaps so called for the deer or “buck” hunting available, because of the young “bucks” or riotous male youths who frequented the establishments there or due to a specific person named “Buck Oliver.” Regardless, the name Bucktown was adopted and remains to this day. Bucktown developed when the Jefferson & Pontchartrain Railroad linked the city of Carrollton and Metairie Road to the lake and a large pier where steamers could dock to take travelers to the north shore. In the early 20th century, wooden camps on stilts lined the 17th Street canal leading to Lake Pontchartrain or Bayou Bucktown, as referred to in the title of the painting. In Bucktown, tourists could rent boats for fishing trips or arrange deer hunting expeditions in the swamps of present-day Metairie and Kenner. The readily available fresh seafood and wild game of the area contributed to the opening of many notable historic Bucktown restaurants, including Brunings, Fitzgerald’s and Sid-Mar’s which unfortunately were all lost to hurricanes over the years. Ref.: Campanella, Richard. “Bucktown and the Lost Bayous of East Jefferson: Geographies of New Orleans.” Nola.com. Feb. 3, 2020. www.nola.com. Accessed July 27, 2022. Mahé, John A. II and Rosanne McCaffrey, eds. Encyclopædia of New Orleans Artists: 1718-1918. New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1987, p. 24. Swanson, Betsy. “The History of Bucktown, U.S.A..” New Orleans History. www.pontchartrain.net. Accessed Aug. 7, 2022.

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