Edward Bailey
Edward Bailey (1814โ1903) was the most accomplished of the Hawaiian missionary period artists in Hawaii.Lahainaluna Seminary between 1833 and 1843. He began painting about 1865, at the age of 51, without any formal instruction.[2]
Bailey's best known paintings are landscapes depicting the natural beauty of central Maui. The Bailey House Museum (Wailuku, Hawaii) and the Lyman House Memorial Museum (Hilo, Hawaii) are among the public collections holding works by Edward Bailey.[3][4]
References
- Forbes, David W., Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, pp. 86โ7, 95, 160-1.
- Hawaiian Mission Children's Society (1901). American Protestant Missionaries to Hawaii. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society., p. 56
- Severson, Don R., Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp. 74โ5, 138.
External links
- The Bailey House Museum
- Edward Bailey in AskArt.com
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
Footnotes
- ^ Severson, 2002
- ^ Severson, 2002
- ^ AskArt.com
- ^ Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
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