Download or read book Pastels From the Pacific written by Frank Lenwood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pastels From the Pacific As a result of the urgency of certain problems in the South Seas and Papua it became my duty, with my friends A. J. Viner and G. J. Williams, to spend the best part of a year in a tour of investigation through the Western Pacific. In hours of leisure, none too common, I was able to make a few sketches in pastel of the places we visited. Amateurish as they are, they show scenes rarely visited, and still more rarely reproduced in colour, and may perhaps help distantly to convey some idea of the extraordinary charm of the islands and the long, lovely Papuan coast. One of the line drawings (p. 168) is based on a photograph by W. J. Saville. The designs on the front cover were obtained by C. W. Abel from a Papuan near Kwato, and were handed on by him to Messrs. Whitten Brothers, of Samarai, who have had waist-cloths printed from them. Once offered the choice, the native gladly forsakes European patterns (many of them anything but artistic) for the typical lines of his traditional ornament. It is a pity that trade does not more often give such aid to beauty. As to the book itself, that, too, is a series of pastels, hasty impressionist sketches in words. I have sought to give the shadows honestly, for only so could I bring out the lights. Some may feel that I have emphasized the missionary side too much. Others may think that the book is too detached and prone to criticism. I can only say that I have tried to tell of things as I saw them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Pastels from the Pacific written by Frank Lenwood and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tyree written by Cj Cook and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralph Burke Tyree was an American artist who was the most prolific portrait artist of the South Pacific peoples of the 20th century. He was from central California and his art education took place in San Francisco. Seven weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the Marines and was soon shipped off to Samoa. Private Tyree was befriended by his Commanding General and became the Marine-base artist. His portrait career began painting the officers and their loved ones, while corresponding with 10,000 word love letters to his girlfriend Margo back home in Turlock, California. After the war he began his professional career. He traveled back to the South Pacific to live for years in places such as Guam, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii. Often from there he would travel to other island paradises: Palau, Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands over his thirty-year career. Most of his first works were sensual island wahines in island beach and jungle settings. He painted primarily with oil on board but also occasionally on canvas and with pastels. To add depth and texture, he switched in mid-career to painting with oil on fine, French silk, black velvet. This was in the midst of the 1960s' Tiki revolution and many of his nude pieces would be displayed in Tiki bars and restaurants. Tyree was likely the most prolific South Pacific and Tiki artist of the 20th century. In the 1970s, he started painting endangered animals to call attention to their limited numbers. He died suddenly of a heart attack at age fifty seven in 1979. In the 20th century after WWII, Ralph Burke Tyree led the transformation and appreciation of the South Pacific's serene beauty with his art. Furthermore, he was the premier artist in American iconic movement of the Tiki revolution which emanated from Hawaii and California. He likely painted thousands of different pieces, initially oils on board, mostly wahines, au naturale. Starting in 1960 he switched to oils on black velvet with the portraiture nudity, more demure or sometimes a silhouette in a jungle scene. Tyree was a dreamer who painted idealized women in idyllic South Pacific landscapes, the faces of wizened island men and later exotic animals. His portraiture, whether of humans or animals, captured their quiet, gentle spirit.
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Download or read book Leeteg written by CJ Cook and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labeled "e;Leeteg the Legend"e; by James Michener and Often Called the "e;American Gauguin"e;Edgar Leeteg was the father of black velvet art and the genesis of a genre continuing today with the tiki and Polynesian pop art movement, nearly 70 years later.Describing himself as a "e;fornicating, gin-soaked, dope-head,"e; Leeteg took on the elite of the art establishment of Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1938 and shamed them in the press. Always the shrewd promoter and a creative genius, Edgar Leeteg possessed many titles, astounding fans and antagonizing critics. His insatiable lust for life led the author James Michener to label him "e;Leeteg the Legend"e; in his book, Rascals in Paradise (1957).This is a biography of the artist Leeteg, who left California in 1933 bound for the South Pacific. His home in Tahiti allowed him to paint nudes, drink, and party with sensual vahines from the beaches to the bars of Tahiti.He was a wealthy artist and legend in his lifetime, a goal few can achieve."e;Cook's work is entertaining and knowledgeable. The breadth of its featured cast, quotes, and remembrances make this biography lively. Tahiti, its people, roistering ex-pats, and luminous landscapes vibrate like personal memories. Leeteg's landscapes appear alongside Paul Gauguin's, questions the fine and arbitrary line that separates "e;popular"e; art from work acclaimed "e;great."e; -Foreword Reviews
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Download or read book American Pastels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1989 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalogue and art-historical overview of pastel painting in America from 1880 to 1930.
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