List of artists who painted Hawaii and its people explained

The following is a list of artists who painted Hawaii and its people.

A

• Emerson Andelin (1902–1982), painter, muralist^[1]
• Robert Wilson Andrews (1837–1922), Hawaii-born draftsperson and engineer.
• Jacques Arago (1790–1855), French explorer, draftsmen, and writer

B

• Edward Bailey (1814–1903) missionary, painter
• Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893), English painter
• Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker
• Don Blanding (1894–1957) poet, journalist, cartoonist^[2]
• Esther Bruton (1896–1992), painter, printmaker, mosaicist, ceramist, and commercial artist^[3]
• George Henry Burgess (1831–1905), English–American painter, wood engraver, and lithographer

C

• Jean Charlot (1898–1979), French-born American painter, illustrator
• Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902), Russian-born painter
• Patrick Ching (born c. 1963), conservationist and wildlife artist, ornithological illustrator, and children's book author
• Louis Choris (1795–1828), German–Russian painter and explorer
• Henry B. Christian (1883–1953), painter
• Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918), Australian painter
• Edward Clifford (1844–1907), English artist and author
• William F. Cogswell (1819–1903), portrait painter
• William A. Coulter (1849–1936), Irish-born American painter

D

• Robert Dampier (1799–1874), British painter and clergyman
• Stanislas Darondeau (1807–1842), French painter, draftsman and engineer
• Gideon Jacques Denny (1830–1886), marine artist, painter
• Helen Thomas Dranga (1866–1927), British–American painter

E

• Edward Mason Eggleston (1882–1941), painter^[4]
• Arthur Webster Emerson (1885–1968), painter
• Paul Emmert (1826–1867), Swiss-born painter
• Robert Lee Eskridge (1891–1975), genre painter, muralist and illustrator.

F

• Hugo Anton Fisher (1854–1916), Czech artist
• Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
• Juliette May Fraser (1887–1983), painter, muralist and printmaker
• Charles Furneaux (1835–1913), painter

G

• Margaret Girvin Gillin (1833–1915), Canadian-born American painter
• René Gillotin (1814–1861), French naval officer and painter
• Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), Scottish travel writer and painter
• Alfred Richard Gurrey Sr. (1852–1944), English-born American landscape painter

H

• Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864–1941), British painter and illustrator
• John Hayter (1800–1895), English portrait painter
• Ruehl Frederick Heckman (1890–1942), painter, illustrator, photographer^[5]
• Hon Chew Hee (1906–1993), painter, printmaker, muralist
• Theodore Heuck (1830–1877), architect
• D. Howard Hitchcock (1861–1943), painter of the Volcano School
• Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), painter, of Japanese origin
• Grace Hudson (1865–1937), painter

I

• Ogura Yonesuke Itoh (1870–1940), Japanese–American painter

J

• Arthur Johnsen (1952–2015), painter, muralist, illustrator
• Ejler Andreas Jorgensen (1838–1876), Danish-born American landscape and portrait painter

K

• Kaʻiulani (1875–1899), Princess of the Hawaiian Islands, painter
• Herb Kawainui Kāne (1928–2011), painter, historian
• John Melville Kelly (1879–1962), painter

L

• John La Farge (1835–1910), painter
• Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881–1961), printmaker, painter and art educator
• Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960), painter and art teacher

M

• Alexander Samuel MacLeod (1888–1956), Canadian-born American painter, printmaker
• Arman Manookian (1904–1931), Armenian–American painter
• Frank Montague Moore (1877–1967), English-born painter, businessperson, museum director

N

• Joseph Nāwahī (1842–1986), Native Hawaiian nationalist leader, legislator, painter, lawyer, and newspaper publisher
• Ben Norris (1910–2006), modernist painter

O

• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), modernist painter
• Hajime Okuda (1906–1992), Japanese painter^[6]

P

• Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877–1966), Australian-born American painter, printmaker
• Titian Peale (1799–1885), scientific illustrator, naturalist, and explorer
• Agnes Lawrence Pelton (1881–1961), German-born modernist painter
• Enoch Wood Perry Jr. (1831–1915) painter
• Louis Pohl (1915–1999), painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist
• Horatio Nelson Poole (1884–1949), painter, printmaker, muralist and teacher
• John Prendergast (c. 1815–after 1911), English genre painter, illustrator
• Gene Pressler (c. 1893–1933) figurative painter, illustrator^[7]

R

• Shirley Russell (1886–1885), painter

S

• Matteo Sandonà (1881–1964), Italian-born painter, portraitist
• Eugene Savage (1883–1978), painter, sculptor
• James G. Sawkins (1806–1878), English artist, geologist, copper miner, and illustrator
• Alexander Scott (1854–1925), English landscape painter
• Eduardo Lefebvre Scovell (1864–1918), British painter, of the Volcano School
• Lloyd Sexton Jr. (1912–1990), painter
• Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953), painter
• Susan Louise Shatter (1943–2011), landscape painter
• Allen Sheppard^[8]
• Ken Shutt (1928–2010), watercolorist, bronze sculptor
• William Fulton Soare (1896–1940), illustrator, narrative painter^[9]
• John Mix Stanley (1814–1872), painter, explorer
• Joseph Dwight Strong (1853–1899), painter, illustrator
• Kelly Sueda (born 1972), painter

T

• Augustus Vincent Tack
• Reuben Tam^[10]
• Jules Tavernier
  • • Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor Madge Tennent John Paul Thomas
      • William Pinkney Toler George Burroughs Torrey William Twigg-Smith Ralph Burke Tyree

V

• Hubert Vos (1855–1935), Dutch painter

W

• • • • • • Lionel Walden John Webber Bessie Wheeler Henry Otto Wix Anna Woodward Theodore Wores (1859–1939) painter

Y

• John Chin Young (1909–1997) painter, of Chinese origin

See also

• • List of artists who made prints of Hawaii and its people
• List of artists who sculpted Hawaii and its people

Notes and References

1. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 57
2. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, pp. 58-59
3. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 65
4. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 71
5. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 76
6. Hustace, Mollie, The Paintings of Hajime Okuda (1906-1992), a Retrospective, Isaacs Art Center, Waimea, Hawaii, 2007
7. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, pp. 98-99
8. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 122
9. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 124-125
10. Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014,, p. 129