Ralph Burke Tyree Hawaiian Nude
Oil on board
1960
Height 17" Width 13" with heavy custom koa wood frame 24” x 19"
Provenance: Private collection, Hilo, HI
Ralph Burke Tyree was an American artist of the mid-twentieth century who had a prolific career painting scenes from the South Pacific.His love of the islands was sparked by a WWII Marine posted to Samoa where he became the resident Marine-base artist. After the war, he split his years between California and the Pacific, capturing the quiet exoticism of the island people and the landscapes in oil on board and black velvet.He was one of the premier artists of the Tiki culture movement that swept the United States in the 1960s.
Oil on board
1960
Height 17" Width 13" with heavy custom koa wood frame 24” x 19"
Provenance: Private collection, Hilo, HI
Ralph Burke Tyree was an American artist of the mid-twentieth century who had a prolific career painting scenes from the South Pacific.His love of the islands was sparked by a WWII Marine posted to Samoa where he became the resident Marine-base artist. After the war, he split his years between California and the Pacific, capturing the quiet exoticism of the island people and the landscapes in oil on board and black velvet.He was one of the premier artists of the Tiki culture movement that swept the United States in the 1960s.
Oil on board
1960
Height 17" Width 13" with heavy custom koa wood frame 24” x 19"
Provenance: Private collection, Hilo, HI
Ralph Burke Tyree was an American artist of the mid-twentieth century who had a prolific career painting scenes from the South Pacific.His love of the islands was sparked by a WWII Marine posted to Samoa where he became the resident Marine-base artist. After the war, he split his years between California and the Pacific, capturing the quiet exoticism of the island people and the landscapes in oil on board and black velvet.He was one of the premier artists of the Tiki culture movement that swept the United States in the 1960s.