Rei Hamon
| Francis Rei Paul Hamon | |
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| Born |
17 December 1919 Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Died |
16 August 2008 (aged 88) Thames, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Spouse(s) | Maia Pohoiwi Weti |
| Parent(s) |
Henry Hixon Hamon Edith Violet Osborne |
Francis Rei Paul Hamon CBE (17 December 1919 – 16 August 2008) was a New Zealand landscape artist. In 1976 his lithograph Jewels of Okarito was presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the New Zealand Government on the occasion of a state visit.
Utilizing a self-taught style of pointillism, Hamon's familiarity with the flora and fauna of the bush grew from the time that he worked splitting posts for sheep pens in the forests of the Urewera area.
Hamon was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to art in the 1981 New Year Honours.[1]
Hamon was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
See also
References
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 48469, 31 December 1980. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
Further reading
- Richard G. Oman, “Rei Hamon,” Ensign, October 1979, p. 19
- Rei Hamon, Artist of the New Zealand Bush, p. 164.
- Rei Hamon, “Jewels of Okarito,” printed by The Thames Star Co., Ltd., Thames, New Zealand.
- "Francis Rei Paul Hamon - Obituary". The Dominion Post. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15.
- Oman, Richard G. (1992), "Artists, Visual", in Ludlow, Daniel H, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 70–73, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140
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