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Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist Kindle Edition

by James L. Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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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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October 31, 1988
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The anonymity traditionally associated with folk art is being replaced by an appreciation of the individual artist. This book is a scholarly study of the life and works of Clementine Hunter, an Afro-American painter who recently died at the age of 100. Hunter spent her life working the plantation fields and raising a family in northern Louisiana, only in mid-life beginning to paint the scenes of local life that eventually attracted the attention of collectors. This catalogue raisonne provides a lengthy biography, an analysis of Hunter's artistic development, a history of the appreciation of her work, and color reproductions of most of her paintings. Recommended to libraries interested in folk art or Afro-American studies.
- Eugene C. Burt, Seattle
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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“I like Clementine’s paintings. Too long has contemporary American art been floundering around blindly. There is something so original, so colorful and convincing in them that I am convinced they may prove to be the seeing-eye that may lead many a confused artist with more formal training back on the right road to a self-expression that others . . . can comprehend.”
—Alexander Woollcott

“. . . her painting impressed me. It is really not at all primitive. It is very civilized―as Gertrude Stein said of the African wood carvings that influenced Matisse and particularly Picasso, almost fifty years ago.”
—Alice B. Toklas

“A beautiful testament to an American original.”
—Independent Publisher

Exuberant colors, bold strokes, and everyday images typify Clementine Hunter’s folk art. Born in 1887 on a plantation in Louisiana, Hunter spent most of her life working in cotton fields at Melrose Plantation. It wasn’t until she was in her fifties that she began painting, and it was several more years before her talent was recognized. Focusing her work on what she experienced, her paintings exemplify the simplicity of life in rural Louisiana.

Instrumental in the promotion of Hunter’s paintings, François Mignon, her close friend and curator/librarian of Melrose, kept detailed notes of his interactions with the artist. 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.

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

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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Twentieth-century folk art is receiving increased attention. The Museum of American Folk Art in New York, for example, is building a permanent home to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of this artistic style and heritage. Its collections, while more famous for pre-twentieth-century art, include the work of several twentieth-century artists. One such artist, Clementine Hunter, a black woman born in the nineteenth century, is the subject of this beautiful book. More than 100 color plates demonstrate Hunter's bold use of color. Of particular interest are excerpts from letters written by Francois Mignon, a close friend and curator at the plantation where Hunter was raised and worked for seventy-five years. Mignon's letters to the art collector and dealer James Register, describe Hunter's evolution into one of America's important folk artists. All in all, a beautifully published testament to an American original. -- From Independent Publisher --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

“As children, we used to go with my mom to the trailer, which was on our property, to bring Clementine paint and canvas. We had no idea her paintings would ever be worth anything. This was done as a favor for bringing her the materials. The thing that is the most fascinating to me in the painting is how big my mom, Mrs. William Brittain, looks. If you look at the photograph, she was not that big. Clementine would paint the person most important to her as the biggest person, thus my mom was largest in the picture.”
—Marguerite “Cissy” Brittain Picou

Critics have described Clementine Hunter as everything from a primitive artist to a cultural historian, yet they all agree on one thing: Hunter’s bold, colorful paintings offer a unique perspective. Each vivid painting captures the spirit and simplicity of Hunter’s life in rural Louisiana, creating an honest visual history of Southern plantations during the early twentieth century.

To round out the colorful story told by Hunter’s art, this compilation includes a detailed biography, letters from Hunter’s close friend François Mignon, and commentary from Clementine Hunter herself. Covering topics that include money, marriage, bar fights, and “Black Jesus,” Hunter’s words offer a glimpse of the incredible woman behind the paintings―a woman who during her 101 years of life rose from cotton picking to international fame.

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

James L. Wilson served as editor of the Natchitoches (LA) Times. During his six years in that position, Wilson interviewed Hunter many times and became well acquainted with her. He worked as an advertising executive in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is married with four children.

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EQWWZMY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pelican Publishing (October 31, 1988)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 31, 1988
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7524 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

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R.P.

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Sent as a gift to a friend from Louisiana' well received.

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Birthday Present

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Ms. Reader

great reference book

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2014

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great book with pictures to match my paintings. i bought a couple of copies for family to know what we have.

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The South's Only Black Primitive Artist

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2011

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Excellent biography and prints of Clementine Hunter's artwork. A simple view of plantation life through the eyes of a black woman blessed with a rich heritage along the Cane River near Natchitoches, Louisiana.

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Fran Lee Stop

Collection of Clementine's paintings

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2008

This is a wonderful publication showing Clementine Hunter's wonderful paintings of Southern black people's lives in the early part of the 20th century. I was very happy to find it still available.

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