In 1997 Fredrick Guess made New Orleans
his permanent home. He moved into the French Quarter and with a friend
opened an antique store. In this store, he hung some of his work.
Not much more than a year later, he closed the antique store completely
and he and his partner relocated across the street and opened Galerie
Louisiane, naming it in honor of his new home.
An instant success, the gallery was renamed the Fredrick Guess
Studio. Since then, his popularity has grown with both locals and
visitors. Many have begun collecting his work and it now hangs in
collections around the world including countries like France, England,
Germany, Japan, Australia and Canada.
The building in which The Fredrick Guess Studio is located has
a rich history, as rich as any other in the French Quarter. It was
the home of the first American Princess of Monaco, and that was
not Grace Kelley.
For more information on that history, click on:
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of New Orleans! Blake Pontchartrain - 07 02 02
Princess
of Monaco Courtyard
