Cotton Exchange Hotel Downtown New Orleans

General Information

Recent Orleans features everytime been a town that features inspired and motivated artists. Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner captured the town's essence with woodland, whilst Louis Armstrong and Al Hirt brought it to soulful life via the blue notes of their instruments. However, it took Edgar Degas to etch it is wealthy fabric onto canvas. The unexampled impressionist painter to ever stay the United States, Degas was staying with his mother's Louisiana relatives when he was inspired to paint one of his most popular works, the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The historic building, which so captivated Degas, lives again as the Cotton Exchange Hotel. Situated just 1 block from the historic French Quarter, the Cotton Exchange's decoration pays tribute to the colorful palettes designed by Degas and his fellow Impressionists. As well as high ceilings and huge windows which allow for wide amounts of natural light, all 102 suites are enriched in vibrant colors, and the walls are hung with reproductions of Impressionist paintings.