Cornelia MacIntyre Foley

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'Varhey Circle Fountain', cast concrete fountain by Henry H. Rempel and Cornelia MacIntyre Foley, 1934, University of Hawaii at Manoa
'Varhey Circle Fountain', cast concrete fountain by Henry H. Rempel and Cornelia MacIntyre Foley, 1934, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley is an artist who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on Jan. 31, 1909. She began her art training under the first art instructor the University of Hawaii, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881-1961). Foley continued her art education at the University of Washington, and spent two years in London at the Slade School of Art as a pupil of Henry Tonks (1862-1937. From London, she returned to Hawaii to marry Lieutenant Paul Foley of the United States Navy. During 1937-1941, the couple lived in Long Beach, CA and in Seattle, Washington in 1941-1942. Mrs. Foley currently lives in Manhasset, Long Island, New York.

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley is best known for her voluptuous paintings of Hawaiian women. Major works by Foley are held by the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.

[edit] Works

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley's oil on canvas board painting 'Hoonanea', 1934

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley's conté crayon drawing 'Lei Sellers', 1937

[edit] References

  • Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 255.