Here’s another little greeting card by the late Marcel Cailliet, titled “Kaneohe” and dated in pencil 1949.
Unlike the original prints by Huc Luquiens featured here earlier this week, this is a reproduction of a full-size print done by Cailliet, which we are also fortunate to have a copy of.
From AskArt.com:
Born in Dijon, France on Sept. 11, 1914. After coming to the U.S. in 1917, Cailliet lived in New York. He studied at the PAFA before moving to Los Angeles in 1938. There he continued his studies at the Chouinard Art School and USC. In 1941 he was teaching at Arizona State College. He later lived in Hawaii until his death in Honolulu on Dec. 20, 2007. Member: Calif. Watercolor Society; Laguna Beach Art Ass’n. Exh: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Oakland Art Gallery, 1939.
My mother recalls Cailliet in earlier years, when friends called him “Yippee”, as in yippee ki-yay.
In any case, another nice print conveying the feeling of Hawaii in the early part of the last century.
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I’ve heard tell that the folks who live back in Ha‘iku Plantations live like this to this very day.
Any chance you have some work by his wife Helene Amoy?
Yippie was a friend of my fathers. We grew up in Hawaii in Aina Haina and Yippie was my next-door neighbor until they moved to Portlock. I have a couple of Yippies originals. I can send you pics of them if you would like.
Aloha Ken,
I had found an original painting of his, dated May 8, 2004. I enjoyed learning about him, and his journey to Hawaii, where he also called home. I would love to see the drawings you have. Can you download in a reply? I will try to do the same.
This is one of Yippies in charcoal he called it Old Monk. I think it was done in 1938. I also have a watercolor of a church on Maui but I have things packed away as I am in the process of moving. If I can locate that I shall send you a pic of it also.
Although I don’t know how to send it to you as it is in my photographs. Is there a trick to that?
If you could send me your email address I can send a picture of the “old monk” to you. And the Maui watercolor if I can dig it up.
Aloha Ken,
kgatiuan@gmail.com
Kevin
Hi! I know this thread is old, but Helene is my great grandmother and I would love to see some of her and my great grandpas art!
Ilind please drop me an email – I may know you and want to discuss the Calliet family.
Hi! I know this thread is old, but Helene is my great grandmother and I would love to see some of her and my great grandpas art!