1920s Hawaii WC Painting Self Portrait by Madge Tennent (1889-1972)(DAT)#12

Description: ***************************************************************************Any buyer – before leaving negative or neutral feedback, or a less than perfect rating, please contact me and let me know what the issue is and give me the opportunity to solve it. I am committed to your positive buying experience. I appreciate your courtesy!!***************************************************************************Aloha, Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii, this circa 1920s Hawaii matted watercolor self portrait painting on paper that depicts a young Madge Tennent and although unsigned was created by the locally well known artist Madge Tennent (1889-1972). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos. This an the other Tennent pieces that will be listed in our store come from the estate of a well known collector of the artists work. The name will be furnished after the purchase. Measurements:Sheet (by sight) 21 inches x 14.5 inchesMat 28 inches x 20 inches More about the artist:Madge TennentAmerican born in England (1889-1972)Madge Tennent, born Madeline Cook in Dulwich, England, moved with her family to Cape Town, South Africa when she was five. At the age of twelve, she entered an art school in Cape Town, and the following year her parents, who recognized and encouraged her talent, moved to Paris to enable Madeline to study there. In Paris, she studied figure drawing under William Bouguereau, an experience that laid the technical foundation for her later figural drawings and paintings. She and her family subsequently returned to South Africa, and after her marriage in 1915 to Hugh Cowper Tennent, she relocated to his native New Zealand. In 1917 they moved to British Samoa where Tennent started her love affair with the Polynesian people. While on leave in Australia, she studied with Julian Ashton "and learned" she said, "to draw for the very first time. Julian Ashton founded the Sydney Art School in 1890. He was an ardent disciple of Impressionist painting and claimed to have executed the first "plein air" landscape in Australia. In 1923 the Tennents left Samoa to go to England, stopping in Hawai'i. They were entranced with the islands and decided to stay.Madge Tennent helped to support her family by taking commissions to paint and draw portraits of children. A friend's gift of a book on Gauguin set her on an artistic course that lasted fifty years, during which she portrayed Hawaiian women in a style that increasingly became her own. She was active in Hawai'i from the 1930's to the 1960's. "The Hawaiians are really to me the most beautiful people in the world: she once said, "no doubt about it - the Hawaiian is a piece of living sculpture". Using grand swirls of oil Tennent portrayed Hawaiian women as solidly fleshed and majestic - larger than life - capturing in rhythmic forms the very essence of their being. They are strong, serene and proud. Her method of working with impasto - applying thick layers of paint to achieve a graceful, perfectly balanced composition - is evident in Lei Queen Fantasia. Everything on the canvas whirls. The paint is applied in whirls in what might be called the "Tennent whirl" - the colors bright and luminous. Tennent envisioned Hawaiian Kings and Queens as having descended from Gods of heroic proportion, intelligent and brave, bearing a strong affinity to the Greeks in their legends and persons. She was criticized for her portrayal of larger size women but to her Hawaiian women fulfilled the standards of classic Greek Beauty. Email me with questions!!! Bid with confidence!!! More pictures are available!!! Items sold as is!!! Shipping: Although Hawaii is part of the United States, it is important to know when purchasing items that shipping times can be a bit longer and shipping charges can be a bit higher than for the US mainland. Please keep this in mind when rating my shipping charges and handling times, as your ratings have immediate discount or listing-standing consequences for me. Thank you for understanding!!! Packing material: I charge you my costs for all packing materials used. However, this is Hawaii and not the continental US, and everything has to be shipped in from out of state. To give you an idea, a shipping box, if it is not a free one from the Post Office, costs between $4 - $9. Bubble wrap costs $1 per foot and I usually use at least 3 or 4 feet or more for breakable items. Foam chips per box (book box size) will be between $8 - $10, and packing tape costs me $3 a small roll.

Price: 1879 USD

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

End Time: 2024-08-19T01:09:38.000Z

Shipping Cost: 50 USD