Following Vaudechamp’s departure from Louisiana in 1839, Amans assumed the role as the most celebrated portraitist in Louisiana. In the mid-1840s, he married Azoline Landreaux, the daughter of St. Charles Parish sugar planter Pierre Honoré Landreaux and Joséphine Armant, and purchased Trinity Plantation on Bayou Lafourche.
Following Vaudechamp’s exit from Louisiana in 1839, Amans assumed the position as the most respected portraitist in Louisiana. In the mid-1840s, he married Azoline Landreaux, the daughter of a wealthy sugar planter, and purchased Trinity Plantation on Bayou Lafourche.