Juliette May Fraser

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Juliette May Fraser (January 27, 1887 – July 31, 1983) was an American painter, muralist, illustrator, and printmaker in Hawaii.[1]

Early life and education

Juliette May Fraser was born on January 27, 1887, in Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii (now Hawaii, U.S.).[2] Her parents were Nina Lee (née Dexter), and Charles Edward Fraser; her mother was a teacher and the first principal of Ka'iulani School, and her father worked as an accountant.[2][3][4] She attended Punahou School, a college-prep high school in Honolulu.[4]

After graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in art in 1915,[5] she returned to Hawaii for several years. She continued her studies with Eugene Speicher and Frank DuMond at the Art Students League of New York and at the John F. Carlson School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock, New York.

Career

File:'Kana Wrestling the Turtle' by --Juliette May Fraser--, fresco on canec (a sugar-cane fiber-base insulation board manufactured by Hawaiian Cane Products, Inc.), 1954.JPG
Kana Wrestling the Turtle (1954) by Fraser, fresco on canec (sugarcane fiber-base insulation board manufactured by Hawaiian Cane Products Inc.), Hawaii State Art Museum

After her education Fraser returned to Hawaii to teach, like her parents who had both come to Hawaii as educators.[6][7]

Fraser designed the Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar in honor of the 150th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing in the Hawaiian islands, which was sculpted by Chester Beach and issued in 1928.[8][9]

In 1934, during the Great Depression, Fraser was invited to create a work of art for the Hawaii State Library by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project.[10] For three months she received $35 USD a week to work on the project. When the funds ran out for the project, she continued on her own until ten murals were completed.

Fraser also created charcoal and conte murals for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition's Hawaii Building in San Francisco (now installed in lobby of the Hamilton Library, University of Hawaii at Manoa).[11] Additionally she also made murals for the Ypapandi (or Ypapanti) Chapel on Chios Island in Greece.[12][13]

During World War II, she worked for the U.S. military in designing camouflage.[14]

In January 1978, the State of Hawaiʻi and Gov. George Ariyoshi presented her with the Order of Distinction for Cultural Leadership award.[15][16]

She died at the age of 96 on July 31, 1983, in Honolulu.[17][18][19][15]

Collections

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Huakaʻi-po, (c. 1952) linocut by Fraser

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Hawaii State Art Museum; Hawaii State Library; Honolulu Museum of Art; Isaacs Art Center; Library of Congress in Washington, D. C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri; and University of Hawaii at Manoa, are among the public collections holding works by Fraser.[20]

Publications

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References

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  6. ↑ Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, pp. 246-7
  7. ↑ Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors, University of Hawaii Press, 1974, p. 58
  8. ↑ Yeoman, R. S., Guidebook of United States Coins, 35th revised Ed., Whitman Publishing Company, Florence, AL, 1982, p. 203
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  18. ↑ Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors, University of Hawaii Press, 1974, p. 58
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Further reading

  • Department of Education, State of Hawaii, Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu, Department of Education, State of Hawaii, 1985, pp. 23–30.
  • Forbes, David W., Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 210-247.
  • Fraser, Juliette May and Katherine B. Allen (interviewer), "Juliette May Fraser", The Watumull Foundation, Oral History Project, Honolulu, 1979.
  • Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors, University of Hawaii Press, 1974, 58-65.
  • Hartwell, Patricia L. (editor), Retrospective 1967-1987, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, p. 33
  • Honolulu Academy of Arts, Juliette May Fraser, A Retrospective Honoring the Artist's 85th Year, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1972.
  • Morse, Morse (ed.), Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2003, pp. 23, 47 & 53, Template:ISBN
  • Sandulli, Justin M., Troubled Paradise: Madge Tennent at a Hawaiian Crossroads, Durham, NC: Duke University, 2016.
  • Slabaugh, Arlie, "Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar", Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, August 20, 1960, 2462.
  • Yoshihara, Lisa A., Collective Visions, 1967-1997, An Exhibition Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, Presented at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 3-October 12, 1997, Honolulu, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997, p. 18.

External links

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