#clementine hunter

[abwwia]

Clementine Hunter, Melrose Quilt, ca. 1960, fabric, 73 x 60 in. (185.4x 152.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Barbara Coffey Quilt Endowment, 2014.5

[oncanvas]

Baptism, Clementine Hunter, late 1950s

Oil on canvasboard 18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Clementine Hunter, Melrose Quilt, ca. 1960, textiles (Smithsonian Institute American Art Museum, Washington D.C.)

Clementine Hunter was born on a Louisiana plantation where her grandparents had been slaves. When she was twelve, her family moved to Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish to work as sharecroppers. Clementine worked as a field hand, cook, and housekeeper. The Henry family bought Melrose in 1884; they restored architectural structures on the property and moved historic log cabins from the area onto the property. When John Hampton Henry died, his wife Cammie made Melrose a retreat for visiting artists. Hunter’s exposure to artists and some leftover paints led her to own artistry. She painted quotidian stories she felt historians overlooked—primarily the activities of the black workers. She also made pictorial quilts. This one depicts several notable buildings at Melrose, including the Big House, Yucca House, and African House, in which Hunter painted a now-historic mural of plantation life in 1955.

[chrysocomae]

Black Jesus

Clementine Hunter(American, ca. 1886 - 1988)’s Black Jesus is part of a tradition of imagery that dates to the early 19th century when Robert Alexander Young, in The Ethiopian Manifesto (1829), referred to the coming of a black messiah. Since then, artists have re-created the black Jesus in paintings, stained-glass windows, Bibles, and more. Hunter was known for her many depictions of Christ’s crucifixion, although this version stands out because it lacks a cross.

Hunter had no formal art training and only began painting in her fifties. She spent most of her life on the Melrose Plantation in Louisiana, picking cotton and collecting pecans. Later she worked inside, cleaning houses and washing clothes. Once she did begin painting, she was quite prolific. It is believed that she produced several thousand works.

Description

This oil painting depicts a human figure with arms extended horizontally. The figure wears a long loose dark red/brown robe that flares outward towards the hem. The figure's head, an oval with two white spots for eyes as the only defined features, has short lines radiating outward from the scalp. There are two small round red spots over the figure's chest. At the ends of each horizontal arm is a larger oblong of paint. Each oblong has a streak of red trickling from the center. At the bottom of the figure are two short triangular brush strokes. Each triangular shape has a red streak running through the middle. To the right of the figure are two short vertical lines crossed by three horizontal short lines. They are done in a dark reddish-brown color. Pencil lines are visible underneath the brush strokes. There is a dark grey blue line of color across the top of the painting, and a green line across the bottom."

- source

[arinewman7]

Clementine Hunter

‘Melrose’ appliqué quilt mounted in Plexiglas shadow box frame

[100-art]

100+ Famous Modern Art Artists of All Time

2/8/2024 ♦ Framed Poster Print ♦ Canvas Print ♦ Metal Print ♦ Acrylic Print ♦ Wood Prints 🌐 Worldwide shipping

[pipinpali]

Gtober - Day 13: Hunt

"They say if ya' grind a fairy into a' fine power, you get one wish... Do with that what ya' will, kid."

Did i tell you she was a fairy hunter??

[northern-passage]

clementine

[atlaskingg]

not much going on.. hopefully more will be provided over the weekend

ft Clementine !! from @mochirizu

[miwachan2]

MERRY CHRISTMAS! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

thank you @scissorwoman for this lovely idea! <3 I didn't have enough time to draw Bee, Y/N, or Eclipse sadly u.u BUT! i did have them sketched out! which ive shared under the cut UwU

maybe sometime after Christmas ill come back to the sketches and actually finish them (dont quote me on it tho)

[abwwia]

Clementine Hunter

Born near Cloutierville, LA 1886/7-died near Natchitoches, LA 1988

Photo by Carolyn Ramsey, Courtesy of Gilley's Gallery

[cl3m0ntine]

Some of my favorite characters :DDD

(I didn't know who to put in "guilty favorite" because i don't feel any guilt for any of my favs)

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Clementine Hunter, Chevron Quilt, ca. 1951, various textiles (New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans)

[froginamoodboard]

Romance Dawn trio moodboard

Requested by: anon

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[ferwynter]

super fast screenshot redraw.

[gildergreens]

On The Hunt.