Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
American, 1906-1947
Born in Honolulu and trained at Stanford University in California, Marguerite Blasingame was among the artists in Hawaii who, before World War II, experimented with decorative patterns using natural forms, especially tropical foliage and flowers and used stylized imagery of Hawaiian figures. She was an American sculptor and painter and she was a member of the Hawaiian Mural Guild. Her work is in many locations in Hawaii including the Honolulu Academy, Library of Hawaii and Ala Moana Park.
She was born Marguerite Louis in Honolulu in 1906. She graduated from the University of Hawaii and then went on to earn an M. A. in art from Stanford University in 1928. Marguerite returned to Hawaii, where she became an established sculptor of figural works, many of them bas-reliefs in wood and stone. Her depictions were usually sinuous in contour with simplified anatomy. During the Great Depression she was a Works Progress Administration artist and filled many commissions for architectural panels and Bas-relief wood sculptures. Blasingame also painted in a symbolist style and was a member of the Hawaiian Mural Guild. She authored A Course in Art Appreciation for the Adult Layman, which was published by Stanford University Press. Marguerite Louis Blasingame died in 1947 while traveling in Mexico. One of her wooden sculptures is installed in the John Dominis and Patches Damon Holt Gallery of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Other sculptures in public places includes an untitled 1935 marble sculpture in Ala Moana Park, Honolulu, Hawaii and Hawaiian Decagonal Fountain (1934–1935) at Kawananakoa School, Honolulu, Hawaii.to
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Artist: Marguerite Blasingame
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure eminating life force by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Surreal Full Moon Hawaii Cliff House Nocturnal Hawaiian 1940s Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal Full Moon Hawaii Cliff House Nocturnal Hawaiian 1940s Landscape
Symbolic and surreal mid century nocturnal landscape of a lone house on a s...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat
Symbolic mid century landscape with surreal elements, of a lone row bo...
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1940s Post-Modern Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Oil, Linen
Mauna 'uhane - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian Symbolism Figurative & Landscape Oil painting of Mauna Uhane (Mountain Spirit)
Symbolic and surreal landscape with a figure of spirit ascen...
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1940s Post-Minimalist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen
Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny
Symbolic figurative abstract with climbing stairway in bright spring colors by Marguerite Loui...
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1940s Futurist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art - The Dream & the Dreamers
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with three women in a mystical garden setting walking toward a plaque "The dream and the dreamer are one" by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Unique painting with dream-like quality with three blonde figures looking at a garden folly...
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1940s Futurist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Huakai Hui - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian Symbolism Figurative & Landscape Oil painting of Huakai Hui (Journey Together)
Symbolic and surreal landscape of a female and male figure ascending stairway flanked by to...
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1940s Futurist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon by Marguerite Louis Blasingame
Striking mid century modern Hawaiian noct...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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1940s Symbolist Figurative -- Her Holy Visions
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative of woman having visions with religious themes and icons (cross, bride, salamander, crown, meeting Christ) while reading by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Futurist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape
Symbolistic and romantic Surrealist 1940s figurative abstract landscape with a figure journeying down a path in an idyllic landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame circa 1940-45. Signed Blasingame lower right corner; from a collection of her work. Unframed. Condition: Excellent; professionally cleaned and UV varnished. Image, 30"H x 20"W.
Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Hawaiian Symbolism Flowering Tree and Acolytes Symbolism Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian Symbolism Flowering Tree and Acolytes Symbolism Landscape
Symbolic landscape with four figures worshiping flowering tree by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947)...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Three Angels - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Painting
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic Hawaiian nocturnal figurative of whispy angel figures with mountains and bridge by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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1940s Yorkshire, England Landscape of Whitby Abbey Ruins
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and atmospheric painting of North Yorkshire’s Whitby Abbey ruins by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Whitby Abbe...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Family Heart - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative abstract of wispy figures surrounding a heart by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape
Symbolic nocturnal landscape with tide God in foam of wave, in a dream-like surreal landscape, by Margu...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Marguerite Blasingame Paintings
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Evening on the Pier looking into the Tunnel - Mid Century Abstract Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening on the Pier, a stunning landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Blasingame (American, 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and Frank were two of five artists in H...
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Spring Wahine - Mid Century Modern Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Beautiful and arresting oil painting of women in an abstracted springtime forest bringing flower leis to Hawaiian Island Earth Spirit by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American, 1906-...
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Birth of Hawai'i -- Abstracted Volcano Seascape
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A stunningly beautiful large-scale abstracted painting of the birth of the Hawaiian islands by Marguerite Blasingame (American, 1906-1947). Signed "Blasingame" on lower-left corner. ...
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Island Moon Before the World
By Marguerite Blasingame
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The Wise Ones
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