California African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
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Museums page for Clementine Reuben Hunter ((1887 - 1988)), known for Southern plantation folk art genre and landscape painting. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1887 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana - 1988 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Known for: Southern plantation folk art genre and landscape painting.
Often referred to as "the black Grandma Moses," Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her... Read full biography
Often referred to as "the black Grandma Moses," Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities such as doing laundry and festive events including weddings,... Read full biography
Often referred to as "the black Grandma Moses," Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities such as doing laundry and festive events including weddings, dances, and church going. She also did mural painting, and a number of her works had Christian religious subjects. She was born at Hidden Hill Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and lived there the... Read full biography
Often referred to as "the black Grandma Moses," Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities such as doing laundry and festive events including weddings, dances, and church going. She also did mural painting, and a number of her works had Christian religious subjects. She was born at Hidden Hill Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and lived there the remainder of her life pf one-hundred-one years, raising seven children and working in the fields. She attended a local Catholic school, but quit at a young age and never learned to read or write. At age sixteen, she moved to nearby Melrose Plantation,... Read full biography
Often referred to as "the black Grandma Moses," Clementine Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities such as doing laundry and festive events including weddings, dances, and church going. She also did mural painting, and a number of her works had Christian religious subjects. She was born at Hidden Hill Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and lived there the remainder of her life pf one-hundred-one years, raising seven children and working in the fields. She attended a local Catholic school, but quit at a young age and never learned to read or write. At age sixteen, she moved to nearby Melrose Plantation, where she worked for many years as a field hand. Her first male companion and father of two of her children was Charlie Dupree, who di... Read full biography
Clementine Reuben Hunter - Artist Info
About Clementine Reuben Hunter: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsDallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Minnesota Museum of American Art
350 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55101Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Augusta, GA 30901Pensacola Museum Of Art, University of West Florida
407 S. Jefferson St
Pensacola, FL 32502The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455