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JOHN PAUL THOMAS
(1927-2001)
"Orchid Art & the Orchid Isle"
Famed Hawaii Artist and Art Scholar
Vintage Circa 1981
Hand Signed and in Pencil and in the Plate
Linen Matted & Framed
Hardwood and Glass Frame
34"x 28"
Excellent Vintage Condition. See photos.
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The "Orchid Art and the Orchid Isle" collaboration began as an exhibition at Wailoa Center in Hilo fall 1981. It consisted of John's orchid watercolors and drawings, and Harvey Hess's poems about orchids rendered by calligraphist Janet Alter Wessel. It was followed up in 1983 by a book of the same title. The collaboration was made even more intense by Harvey bringing orchid plants from Hilo, when he came to Kona on visits. John was invariably then inspired to do drawings or watercolors directly from these specimens.
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John Thomas (1927-2001)
John Paul Thomas (1927-2001), a graduate of New York University, was one of the foremost painters of Hawaii. His work has been seen nationally and internationally in over two hundred prestigious solo and group exhibitions in museums, universities, and distinguished art galleries such as the Contemporary Museum's Advertiser Gallery, Honolulu; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; San Francisco Legion of Honor; the American Library in Bucharest, Romania; and the Galleria Schneider in Rome. He won many important awards, grants, and scholarships, including a National Endowment for the Arts grant, two Yaddo Fellowships, and commissions from Delta Airlines and the State (of Hawaii) Foundation on Culture and the Arts. His last commission from the SFCA was a painting in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Washington Place, former home of the last queen of Hawaii, Lili'uokalani, and now the Governor's mansion. Mr. Thomas, who was born in Bessemer, Alabama, has been Visiting Professor at six major universities, including the University of Iowa, where he was Visiting Professor of Life Drawing, and has occupied the Ames Walker Professorship Chair at the University of Washington, Seattle. The art of John Thomas has been featured in American Artist, Aloha, the Magazine of Hawaii, Hawaii, Spirit of Aloha, Western World, and has appeared on the covers of several magazines including American Artist. His monumental oil paintings Boy with Goldfish are reproduced in color in the CD album of the London Symphony Orchestra digital recording of the music which they inspired (Albany Records TROY 053). Thomas's art is in numerous public and private collections, including those of the state of Hawaii, Orange County (California) Museum, and the Hirshhorn at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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