Where to See Clementine Hunter

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About Clementine Hunter

American · 1886–1988 · portrait

Self-taught Louisiana folk artist (1887[1]–1988[1]) who began painting in her fifties and produced thousands of vivid scenes of Black Southern plantation life.

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Clementine Hunter's works are held in 5 museums worldwide, including Minneapolis Institute of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Clementine Hunter?
    Clementine Hunter began making art in her fifties, drawing from her memories of everyday life on the Melrose Plantation in Louisiana. She worked as a farm labourer from a young age, picking cotton and pecan nuts, and later in the main house. Hunter had many memories to draw from when she began making art.
  • What is Clementine Hunter known for?
    Clementine Hunter is known for painting the rhythms of Black Southern rural life. Her subjects included cotton picking, baptisms, funerals, Saturday-night dances, and church processions. Her palette grew brighter over time, with early earth-toned scenes gradually giving way to the vivid colour she became known for.
  • What was Clementine Hunter's art style?
    Arthritis from the 1950s onward changed Clementine Hunter's line, loosening it toward something more impressionistic. However, this did not affect the specificity of gesture and scene within her works. Her early works used earth tones, but her palette grew brighter over time.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Clementine Hunter's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Clementine Hunter Used for: biography.
  2. [2] book Dorling Kindersley, Artists: Inspiring Stories of the World's Most Creative Minds Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.

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