ALBERT HUIE (JAMAICAN, 1920-2010)
WOODCUT ON PAPER, TITLED LOWER LEFT, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
A POWERFUL SOCIAL REALIST COMPOSITION DEPICTING A GROUP OF LABORERS ENGAGED IN MANUAL WORK.
7.75 X 5.875 IN PLATE
14.875 X 12.75 IN FRAMED
ALBERT HUIE WAS A SEMINAL JAMAICAN PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER WIDELY REGARDED AS THE “FATHER OF JAMAICAN PAINTING.” HE RECEIVED HIS FORMAL ART EDUCATION AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART IN TORONTO AND THE CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON BEFORE CO-FOUNDING THE JAMAICA SCHOOL OF ART AND CRAFTS IN 1950. HIS WORK CHRONICLED THE DIGNITY OF THE ISLAND’S WORKING CLASS, THE RICHNESS OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE, AND SOCIOPOLITICAL NARRATIVES THROUGH SOCIAL REALIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST STYLES. HE HELD NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS FIVE-DECADE CAREER AND RECEIVED MAJOR ACCOLADES, INCLUDING JAMAICA’S MUSGRAVE GOLD MEDAL IN 1974.
ALBERT HUIE – ROAD MENDING WOODCUT
ALBERT HUIE (JAMAICAN, 1920-2010) WOODCUT ON PAPER, TITLED LOWER LEFT, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT A POWERFUL SOCIAL REALIST COMPOSITION DEPICTING A GROUP OF LABORERS ENGAGED IN MANUAL WORK. 7.75 X 5.875 IN PLATE 14.875 X 12.75 IN FRAMED ALBERT HUIE WAS A SEMINAL JAMAICAN PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER WIDELY REGARDED AS THE “FATHER OF JAMAICAN PAINTING.” HE…