Henry B. Christian (1883–1953) was a painter who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and first visited Hawaii in 1908.[1] He made frequent trips between Minnesota and Hawaii before settling in Honolulu. Christian was art director of Paradise of the Pacific 1908–10, 1917–19, and 1922–38.[2] He died in Honolulu on December 23, 1953.

View of Manana Island, Oahu, oil on art board painting by Henry B. Christian, 1949

References edit

  • Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, Art Deco Hawai'i, Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014, ISBN 978-0-937426-89-0, p. 66
  • Severson, Don R. Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp. 216–7.
  • Hustace, James J.  Painters and Etchers of Hawaii-A Biographical Collection-1780-2018, Library of Congress (C)

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Severson, 2002, p. 117
  2. ^ Severson, 2002, p. 117