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{{Short description|19th century art movement in Hawaii}}
[[Image:Jules Tavernier's painting 'Full Moon over Kilauea', 1887.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jules Tavernier's oil on canvas painting 'Full Moon over Kilauea', 1887.]]▼
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▲</noinclude>[[Image:Jules Tavernier's painting 'Full Moon over Kilauea', 1887.jpg|thumb|right|400px[[Jules Tavernier (painter)|Jules Tavernier]]'s oil on canvas painting ''Full Moon over Kilauea'', 1887.]]
 
The '''Volcano School''' refers to a group of non-native Hawaiian artists who painted dramatic nocturnal scenes of Hawaii’sHawaii's erupting volcanoes. Some of the artists also produced [[Watercolor painting|watercolors]], which, by the nature of the medium, tended to be diurnal. TwoAt volcanoestheir on [[Hawaii (island)|the Island of Hawaii]]best, [[Kilauea]]these andpaintings [[Maunaexemplify Loa]],a werefusion intermittentlyof activethe duringEuropean theSublime 1880saesthetic, when interest in [[VolcanoRomanticism|Romantic Schoollandscapes]] paintings peaked. Printmaker, and artthe educator [[Huc-Mazelet Luquiens]] called this period “a littleAmerican Hawaiianlandscape renaissance”traditions.<ref>Johnston, Healoha, "[[JulesCharles Tavernier (painter)|Jules TavernierFurneaux]] (French 1844-1889) was arguablyand the mostSublime" importantin [[Volcano''Honolulu School]]Museum painter.of Art'', Other artists include [[Ernst William Christmas]] (Australian 1863Sept-Oct-1918)Nov, [[Constance2016, Gordon-Cumming|Constancep. Fredericka9</ref> Gordon Cumming]]Two (Scottishvolcanoes 1837-1924),on [[Charles Furneaux]]Hawaii (American 1835-1913island),|the [[DavidIsland Howardof HitchcockHawaii]] (American 1861-1943), [[Ogura Yonesuke ItohKilauea]] (Japanese 1870-1940),and [[AmbroseMauna McCarthy PattersonLoa]] (Australian 1877-1966), [[Titianwere Peale|Titianintermittently Ramseyactive Peale]]during (Americanthe 1799-1885),1880s [[Louisand Pohl]] (American 1915-1999)1890s, [[Eduardowhen Lefebvreinterest Scovell]]in (BritishVolcano 1864-1918),School [[Williampaintings Pinkneypeaked. Toler]]Getting (Americanto 1826-1899)Kilauea, [[Williamthe Twigg-Smith]]more (Newfrequently Zealanderpainted 1883-1950),volcano [[Josephrequired Dwightan Strong]]arduous (American 1852two-1899) andor [[Lionel Walden]] (American 1861three-1933).day roundtrip A selection of Volcano School paintings is usuallyjourney on displayhorseback. at the [[Honolulu Academy of Arts]].
 
Printmaker and art educator [[Huc-Mazelet Luquiens]] called this period "a little Hawaiian renaissance".<ref>Luquiens, Huc-Mazelet, "[[Jules Tavernier (painter)|Jules Tavernier]]" in ''Honolulu Academy of Arts Annual Bulletin'', Vol. 2, 1940, p. 25</ref>
The American landscape painter [[Frederic Edwin Church]], who is more famous than any of the above, produced similar paintings of Ecuador’s [[Cotopaxi|Cotopaxi Volcano]] during and after visits in 1853 and 1857, but he never visited the Hawaiian Islands.▼
 
==Members==
[[Jules Tavernier (painter)|Jules Tavernier]] (French 1844–1889) was arguably the most important Volcano School painter. Other artists include [[Ernst William Christmas]] (Australian 1863–1918), [[Constance Gordon-Cumming|Constance Fredericka Gordon Cumming]] (Scottish 1837–1924), [[Charles Furneaux]] (American 1835–1913), [[D. Howard Hitchcock]] (American 1861–1943), [[Ogura Yonesuke Itoh]] (Japanese 1870–1940), [[Ambrose McCarthy Patterson]] (Australian 1877–1966), [[Titian Peale|Titian Ramsey Peale]] (American 1799–1885), [[Louis Pohl]] (American 1915–1999), [[Eduardo Lefebvre Scovell]] (British 1864–1918), [[William Pinkney Toler]] (American 1826–1899), [[William Twigg-Smith]] (New Zealander 1883–1950), [[Joseph Dwight Strong]] (American 1852–1899) and [[Lionel Walden]] (American 1861–1933).
 
A selection of Volcano School paintings is usually on display at the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]].
 
==Related work==
▲TheAlthough the American landscape painter [[Frederic Edwin Church]], who is more famous than any of the above, produced similar paintings of Ecuador’s [[Cotopaxi|Cotopaxi Volcano]] during and after visits in 1853 and 1857, buthe is not considered a member of this group and he never visited the Hawaiian Islands.
 
==Selected works==
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ImageFile:David Howard Hitchcock's oil painting 'Halemaumau, Lake of Fire', 1888.jpg|''Halemaumau, Lake of Fire', oil painting by'<br> [[DavidD. Howard Hitchcock]], 1888
ImageFile:'Kalapana, Day Seven', oil on canvas painting by --Louis Pohl--.jpg|''Kalapana, Day Seven', oil on canvas painting by '<br>[[Louis Pohl]]
ImageFile:'Kilauea', oil on canvas painting by --Ogura Yonesuke Itoh--, 1908.jpg|’Kilauea’, oil on canvas painting by ''Kilauea''<br>[[Ogura Yonesuke Itoh]], 1908, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]
ImageFile:--Eduardo Lefebvre Scovell-- - 'Kilauea', oil on canvas painting by --Eduardo Lefebvre Scovell--, c. 1890.jpg|''Kilauea', oil on canvas painting by '<br>[[Eduardo Lefebvre Scovell]], c. &nbsp;1890
ImageFile:'Kilauea Caldera', oil on canvas painting by Ernst William Christmas, 18161916-18181918.jpg|''Kilauea Caldera','<br> oil on canvas painting by [[Ernst William Christmas]], 1816-18181916–18
ImageFile:'Kilauea Volcano', oil on canvas painting by William Pinkney Toler, c. 1860s.jpg|''Kilauea Volcano','<br> oil on canvas painting by [[William Pinkney Toler]], c. &nbsp;1860s
File:Jules Tavernier (1844-1889) - 'Volcano at Night', ca. 1880s, oil on canvas, 19 x 36 in.jpg|''Volcano at Night''<br>[[Jules Tavernier (painter)|Jules Tavernier]], c.&nbsp;1880s, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]
</gallery>
 
==ReferenceReferences==
* Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-19411778–1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 173-199173–199.
*Honolulu Academy of Arts, [https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/58090 "Mt. Kilauea, the House of the Everlasting Fire"], ''Calendar News, Honolulu Academy of Arts'', Mar. /Apr. 2005.
*Maier, Steven, "Jules Tavernier: Hawai{{okina}}i’s First Real Painter", ''Honolulu'', Nov. 1996, 80.
* Severson, Don R. "''Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections"'', University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 88-11488–114.
 
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