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Clementine Hunter
Farm Houses
c. 1970

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A lively painting by one of America's most famous folk artists, Clementine Hunter. Importantly, since there are fakes out there, this was vetted by BOTH of the preeminent experts on her paintings (Tom Whitehead, Art Shiver) before I acquired it, and it has my firm guarantee of authenticity. Hunter often painted on supports other than canvas - buckets, lamp shades, and in this case, a home-made cutting board! Her paintings have been going up in price since a recent sale in New York reached $22,000. Her work is highly valued in the South, but lately has been noticed by collectors internationally as well. From AskArt: Often referred to as “the black Grandma Moses,” Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities such as doing laundry and festive events including weddings, dances, and church going. She also did mural painting, and a number of her works had Christian religious subjects. She was born at Hidden Hill Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and lived there the remainder of her life pf one-hundred-one years, raising seven children and working in the fields. She attended a local Catholic school, but quit at a young age and never learned to read or write. At age sixteen, she moved to nearby Melrose Plantation, where she worked for many years as a field hand. Her first male companion and father of two of her children was Charlie Dupree, who died in 1914. Ten years later she married Emanuel Hunter, and moved into the plantation house where she was in charge of the domestic work. Becoming associated with the plantation mistress, Ms. Cammie Henry, changed Hunter’s life. Henry, was an archivist and artist who actively encouraged the arts. She opened her home to artists and authors who needed a quiet place to work. It was at Melrose that Hunter first began her production of hand made quilts, dolls, and lace curtains. Meeting artist friends of Ms. Henry, Hunter met many people in the art world and was especially influenced and promoted by Francois Mignon, who was an artist-in-residence at the plantation. In 1946, under his direction, she did her first work, a plantation baptism scene, from a few partially used tubes of oil paint on a window shade that he provided. Another supporter at that time was James Register, also an artist-in- residence, and he obtained a Julius Rosenwald Foundation Grant for her. He encouraged her to do abstract art, which she did while letting him choose the titles. But she preferred the folk art style. From that time, she was prolific, and created over four-thousand scenes of plantation life on whatever materials were available from scrap wood to paper bags. She thinned her oil paint so much it resembled watercolor. She sold many of her first works for a dime or quarter to pay for her husband’s medical treatment. Legacy and honors: One of the more well-known displays of Hunter’s artwork is located in a food storage building called “African House” on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. (African House is often referred to as slave quarters, however the building was built for, and always used for food storage.) The walls are covered in a mural Hunter painted in 1955, depicting scenes of Cane River plantation life. When she completed the mural, a local newspaper ran the headline: “A 20th Century Woman of Color Finishes a Story Begun 200 Years Ago by an 18th Century Congo-Born Slave Girl, Marie-Therese, the original grantee of Melrose Plantation.” The cafe and snack bar at the Alexandria Museum of Art is named for Hunter. She was the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Delgado Museum (now the New Orleans Museum of Art). She achieved significant recognition during her lifetime, including an invitation to the White House from U.S. President Jimmy Carter and letters from both President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.. Radcliffe College included Hunter in its Black Women Oral History Project, published in 1980. Northwestern State University of Louisiana granted her an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1986. The following year, Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards designated her as an honorary colonel, a state honor, and aide-de-camp. Hunter has been the subject of biographies and artist studies, and inspired other works of art. In 2013 composer Robert Wilson presented a new opera about her: Zinnias: the Life of Clementine Hunter, at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Sources: Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art, Volume II Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Museum of American Art Folk Art Encyclopedia “Clementine Hunter,” Wikipedia, Web, Mar. 2016 Alice Rae Yelen, “Passionate Visions,” American Art Review, February, 1995

Creator:
Clementine Hunter
Creation Year:
c. 1970
Dimensions:
Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 10.75 in (27.31 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Wood
Movement & Style:
Folk Art
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New Orleans, LA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU99438057312

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