Clementine Hunter
eBook - ePub

Clementine Hunter

American Folk Artist

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Clementine Hunter

American Folk Artist

About this book

This beautifully illustrated biography of the renowned Southern folk artist includes nearly 100 images, plus commentary from the artist herself.

Exuberant colors, bold strokes, and everyday images of rural Southern life typify Clementine Hunter's folk art. Born in Louisiana in 1887, Hunter spent most of her life working in cotton fields at Melrose Plantation. She only began painting in her fifties, and it was several more years before her talent was recognized.

Nearly 100 images of Hunter's art are presented in this extensive biography, drawn from the many public and private collections of her work. Several paintings are accompanied by Hunter's own commentary on a variety of subjects, including marriage, baptism, money, and death.

François Mignon, her close friend and the librarian of Melrose, was instrumental in the promotion of Hunter's paintings. Excerpts of his letters to James Register, an art collector and dealer who specialized in Hunter's works, chronicle her growth and development as a major contemporary artist.

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Information

eBook ISBN
9781455602391
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. BIOGRAPHY
  5. Introduction
  6. CHAPTER ONE: The Family
  7. CHAPTER TWO: The Melrose Influence
  8. CHAPTER THREE: Beginning to Paint
  9. CHAPTER FOUR: The Discovery of an Artist
  10. CHAPTER FIVE: The Later Years
  11. Works by Category
  12. Dating Hunter Paintings by Signature
  13. COLOR PLATES AND ARTIST'S COMMENTARY
  14. The Letters of François Mignon
  15. Commentary
  16. APPENDIX
  17. Permanent Collections
  18. Shows and Exhibits
  19. Selected Bibliography
  20. Index