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Medium: Halftoned color prints Title: Bread Fruit - Hawaii; Fisher Man - Hawaii Artist: John Kelly Year: early 20th Century Frame Dimensions: 14 " by 20.5 " Condition/Details: Both prints are framed in period gilt bamboo-style frames and are in good, intact condition free of any cosmetic flaws. Like other artists in Hawaii during the first half of the twentieth century, John Kelly (18781962) traveled to Oahu expecting to stay a year but remained a lifetime. He ultimately became one of the most beloved portrayers of Hawaiians and their island lifestyle. A prolific printmaker during the 1920s40s, Kelly depicted first in black and white etchings and drypoints and then more complex color aquatint prints portrait studies and scenes of daily activities in Hawaii's tropical Pacific setting. Using the people he knew as his models -- hula dancers, housekeepers, and fisherman, among others -- he rendered his sitters, ranging from keiki (children) to kupuna (seniors), with sensitive characterizations and captured them in occupations familiar as a part of local life. Much of Kelly's imagery has come to personify for many today the beauty and grace of Old Hawaii, a romanticized notion of the quieter and gentler side of Hawaii's past.Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for will be: $22.50 ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images: 
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