Clementine Hunter

(American, 1886–1988)

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on traditional perspective, and instead employ flat planes of color and shifts in scale to carve out spaces and objects in her inventive renderings of her day-to-day activities. Her works were often created on plates, discarded fabric, and other readily available materials. Born in December 1886 in Natchitoches Parish, LA on the Hidden Hill Plantation she spent her life working as a farm laborer and maid. Though she never learned to read or write, she went on to receive an honorary fine arts degree from the Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1986 as a recognition for her artistic accomplishments and contributions. Hunter is often compared to another famous self-taught artist, Grandma Moses, and is considered one of the most celebrated Southern painters. She died on January 1, 1988 in Natchitoches Parish, LA.

Clementine Hunter Artworks

Clementine Hunter (1,257 results)

Nativity scene with angels and the three wise men

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Nativity scene with angels and the three wise men

Sale Date: December 7, 2008

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Workers under the big sky on the..., 1950–1959

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Workers under the big sky on the..., 1950–1959

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Going fishing

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Going fishing

Sale Date: October 12, 2008

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Picking cotton

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Picking cotton

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Pecan picking

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Pecan picking

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Baptism

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Saturday night at the honky tonk

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Saturday night at the honky tonk

Sale Date: October 12, 2008

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Still life of Zinnias

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Still life of Zinnias

Sale Date: October 12, 2008

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The wedding

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Sale Date: October 11, 2008

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Wash day

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Saturday night at the juke joint

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Saturday night at the juke joint

Sale Date: October 5, 2008

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Girl walking, 1979

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Girl walking, 1979

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Working at the cotton gin

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Working at the cotton gin

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Cotton picking, 1962

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Cotton picking, 1962

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The flight into Egypt, 1960–1969

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The flight into Egypt, 1960–1969

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Nativity scene

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Nativity scene

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Angels we have heard on high

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Angels we have heard on high

Sale Date: September 12, 2008

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Pecan threshing by the african house at melrose

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Pecan threshing by the african house at melrose

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Hauling cotton to the gin

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Hauling cotton to the gin

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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The cotton gin

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The cotton gin

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Cane river Baptism

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Cane river Baptism

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Black Jesus and the angels

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Black Jesus and the angels

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Funeral procession

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Funeral procession

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Zinnias in a red pot

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Zinnias in a red pot

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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