Saturday, August 3, 2013

a Canadian painter: Thomas Lorraine Hunt

Thomas L Hunt (1882-1938)

The Pier. Oil on canvas. 28 x 30 in (71.12 x 76.2 cm)

Thomas Lorraine Hunt (11 February 1882 – 17 April 1938) was a Canadian-American landscape painter of the 1920s and 30s, known especially for his dramatic use of color. His paintings are considered a transition from impressionism to modernism. His primary subjects were boats and harbors in which the colors and shapes on the canvas took precedence over the exactness of the objects. Hunt was active among the Southern California group of Impressionist plein air painters and a founding member of the Laguna Art Museum.


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