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Marguerite Blasingame Art

American, 1906-1947
Born in Honolulu and trained at Stanford University in California, Marguerite Blasingame was among the artists in Hawaii who, before World War II, experimented with decorative patterns using natural forms, especially tropical foliage and flowers and used stylized imagery of Hawaiian figures. She was an American sculptor and painter and she was a member of the Hawaiian Mural Guild. Her work is in many locations in Hawaii including the Honolulu Academy, Library of Hawaii and Ala Moana Park. She was born Marguerite Louis in Honolulu in 1906. She graduated from the University of Hawaii and then went on to earn an M. A. in art from Stanford University in 1928. Marguerite returned to Hawaii, where she became an established sculptor of figural works, many of them bas-reliefs in wood and stone. Her depictions were usually sinuous in contour with simplified anatomy. During the Great Depression she was a Works Progress Administration artist and filled many commissions for architectural panels and Bas-relief wood sculptures. Blasingame also painted in a symbolist style and was a member of the Hawaiian Mural Guild. She authored A Course in Art Appreciation for the Adult Layman, which was published by Stanford University Press. Marguerite Louis Blasingame died in 1947 while traveling in Mexico. One of her wooden sculptures is installed in the John Dominis and Patches Damon Holt Gallery of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Other sculptures in public places includes an untitled 1935 marble sculpture in Ala Moana Park, Honolulu, Hawaii and Hawaiian Decagonal Fountain (1934–1935) at Kawananakoa School, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Artist: Marguerite Blasingame
"Makaula" the Seer - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with a Makaula or seer and a woman seeking to know her future by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her h...
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1940s Contemporary Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art - The Dream & the Dreamers
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with three women in a mystical garden setting walking toward a plaque "The dream and the dreamer are one" by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 190...
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1940s Contemporary Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mauna 'uhane - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Surreal Full Moon Hawaii Cliff House Nocturnal Hawaiian 1940s Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
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1940s Symbolist Figurative -- Her Holy Visions
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Symbolic figurative of woman having visions with religious themes and icons (cross, bride, salamander, crown, meeting Christ) while reading by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny
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Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny Symbolic figurative abstract with climbing stairway in bright spring colors by Marguerite Loui...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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1940s Yorkshire, England Landscape of Whitby Abbey Ruins
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and atmospheric painting of North Yorkshire’s Whitby Abbey ruins by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Whitby Abbe...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon by Marguerite Louis Blasingame Striking mid century modern Hawaiian noct...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Linen, Oil

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Hawaiian Symbolism Flowering Tree and Acolytes Symbolism Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian Symbolism Flowering Tree and Acolytes Symbolism Landscape Symbolic landscape with four figures worshiping flowering tree by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947)...
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Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure eminating life force by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Three Angels - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Painting
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic Hawaiian nocturnal figurative of whispy angel figures with mountains and bridge by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat Symbolic mid century landscape with surreal elements, of a lone row bo...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape Symbolic nocturnal landscape with tide God in foam of wave, in a dream-like surreal landscape, by Margu...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Hawaii "Future Dreams" - Surrealist Mid Century Modern Abstract 1940 Hawaiian
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Hawaii "Future Dreams" - Surrealist Mid Century Modern Abstract 1940 Hawaiian Symbolistic and romantic mid century modern abstract with figure coming out of the mist...
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Hawaii "The Journey - Anti-matter" - Mid Century Abstract Hawaiian Mythology
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Hawaii "The Journey - Anti-matter" - Mid Century Abstract Hawaiian Mythology Symbolistic and romantic 1940s figurative of pasteled figures journeying down path titled "Journey - Anti...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Spring Wahine - Mid Century Modern Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful and arresting oil painting of women in an abstracted springtime forest bringing flower leis to Hawaiian Island Earth Spirit by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American, 1906-...
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Family Heart - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative abstract of wispy figures surrounding a heart by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape Symbolistic and romantic Surrealist 1940s figurative abstract landscape with a figure journeying down a path in an idyllic landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame circa 1940-45. Signed Blasingame lower right corner; from a collection of her work. Unframed. Condition: Excellent; professionally cleaned and UV varnished. Image, 30"H x 20"W. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Surrealist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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Hawaiian - Creation's Conception, Large Mid Century Modern Cosmic Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Hawaiian - Creation's Conception, Large Mid Century Modern Cosmic Abstract Stunning blue and green large scale abstract that evokes the cosmos and captures many moods by Marguerite L...
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Evening on the Pier looking into the Tunnel - Mid Century Abstract Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening on the Pier, a stunning landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Blasingame (American, 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and Frank were two of five artists in H...
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Blooming Golden Primavera Tree
By Marguerite Blasingame
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Beautiful and compelling large scale and significant oil painting of vivid Tabebuia donnell-smithii (Primavera, golden tree) Yellow Blossoms tree in a stark, cliff-edge Hawaiian land...
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1940s Surrealistic Environmental Apocalypse Still Life Hawaiian Surrealism
By Marguerite Blasingame
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1940s Surrealistic Environmental Apocalypse Still Life Hawaiian Surrealism Symbolic still life of gas mask, dead wood pecker, clock and branches in mist of...
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1940s Symbolist Marguerite Blasingame Art

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