JULES TAVERNIER

(French, 1844-1889)

STEAM ENGINE, HILO, HAWAII

Oil on Illustration Board

7¾ x 13¾ Inches

Signed Lower Left, 'Jules Tavernier'

Titled, Lower Left, 'Hilo' and Dated 1886

Provenance:

Private Estate, San Francisco

 

Displayed in the original and period, carved giltwood frame.

Framed dimensions:

17¼ H x 3 D x 23¼ W inches

 

A rare, 19th-Century Hawaiian landscape showing a Hilo-bound steam-engine drawing freight-cars laden with sugarcane beneath dramatic sunset skies. An exceptional work with rare historical detail by this notable French artist who exhibited widely and with success including at the Paris Salons and whose work is held in the permanent collections of museums world-wide.

 

Member:

San Francisco Art Association; Palette Club; Bohemian Club

 

Exhibited:

Paris Salon, 1864-70; Philadelphia Centennial, 1876; Mechanics' Institute Fair (San Francisco), 1877 (medal); California State Fair, 1880-82; New Orleans World's Fair, 1885; California Midwinter Exposition, 1894.

 

Collections:

California Historical Society; Oakland Museum; Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); De Young Museum; Denver Public Library; Honolulu Academy of Arts; Gilcrease Institute; Harrison Library (Carmel); Kansas State Historical Society; Monterey Peninsula Museum; Wichita Public Library; Yosemite Nat'l Park Museum; Bohemian Club; Olympic Club (SF); Volcano National Park (Hawaii); Shasta State Historical Monument; Beaverbrook Art Gallery (New Brunswick, Canada); Society of California Pioneers; et al.

 

Reference:

E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, page 496; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 31/32, page 486; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3253-3254; Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 2, page 1092; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, page 430; Artists and Illustrators of the Old West (Robert Taft); American Western Art (Harmsen); Artists of the American West (Samuels); History & Ideals of American Art (Neuhaus); et al.