Clementine Hunter Art
Join us for one night stand on the last wednesday of the month when intuit will dive deep into one of the pieces on view in outsider art.
Clementine hunter art. It is a copyrighted work of art and many not be reproduced in any form. Keen on wednesday july 29 senior manager of learning and engagement paula santos will lead a discussion on the work of art plantation life by self taught artist clementine hunter. Clementine reuben was the daughter of mary antoinette adams who was of virginian slave ancestry and janvier. State of louisiana who lived and worked on melrose plantation.
She sold her first paintings for as little as a quarter but soon her work began to receive widespread attention. Clementine hunter s first oil painting bowl of zinnias c 1939 oil on corrugated board 20 1 2 inches x 16 3 4 inches this painting is now in the private collection of an anonymous owner. From 1950 on hunter was very prolific and over 4 000 plantation scenes. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices.
Clementine reuben hunter louisiana 1886 1988 oil on canvasboard folk art painting southern nativity or mary with child scene depicting with young girls in brightly colored dresses bringing flower bouquets to mary and child jesus seated under a tree. He encouraged her to try her hand at abstract art but she preferred the folk art style. This was the first original hunter that cayman ever saw and at the time of julian s passing cayman was offered the piece first as an acknowledgment of his love for the piece. Clementine hunter prolific american folk artist who late in life began to produce vibrant representational and abstract oil paintings drawn from her memories of southern plantation life.
View clementine hunter s 1 031 artworks on artnet. House in the background and thin band of sky at top over a light pink background. Clementine hunter s world is a 2017 documentary directed by noted hunter scholar art shiver. List of works all artworks by date 1 10 24 all artworks by date 10 1 24 all artworks by name 24 styles folk art 24 outsider art 24 genres figurative 1 genre painting 20 portrait 1 religious painting 2 self portrait 1 media.
Clementine hunter was a self taught african american artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th century plantation life in louisiana. One work of art. This large original clementine hunter once belonged to close friend of the artist and important louisianan julian foy of foy motor company. The collection of victor f.
List of works all artworks by date 1 10.