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Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen) (late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught African-American folk artist from the Cane River region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. She is the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the present-day New Orleans Museum of Art. Hunter was born into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill; she started working as a farm laborer when young, never learning to read or write. In her fifties, she began painting, using brushes and paints left by an artist who visited Melrose Plantation, where she then lived and worked. Hunter's artwork depicted plantation life in the early 20th century, documenting a bygone era. She sold her first paintings for as little as 25 cents. By the end of her life, Hunter's work was being exhibited in museums and sold by dealers for thousands of dollars. Hunter was granted an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1986. In 2013 director Robert Wilson presented a new opera about her: ''Zinnias: the Life of Clementine Hunter,'' at Montclair State University in New Jersey.〔("Looking for Clementine Hunter's Louisiana" ), ''New York Times'', 16 June 2013, accessed 17 January 2015〕 ==Biographical details== Born about 1886, two decades after the end of the American Civil War, Clementine Hunter was the granddaughter of a slave.〔Janet McConnaughey, ("La man admits selling forged folk artist paintings" ) ''The Washington Examiner'' (June 6, 2011). Retrieved June 8, 2011〕 She was born either in late December 1886 or early January 1887, the eldest of seven children to Creole parents〔James Lynwood Wilson, ''Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist'', Pelican Publishing Company (1990) ISBN 0-88289-658-X. Retrieved June 9, 2011〕 at Hidden Hill Plantation, near Cloutierville〔("Clementine Hunter biography ) Naders Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved June 8, 2011〕 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Hunter's given name was originally Clemence, but she changed it after moving to Melrose Plantation.〔 Her mother was Antoinette Adams (d. 1905) and her father was Janvier (John) Reuben (d. ca. 1910), a field hand.〔 Her parents were married on October 15, 1890. Her maternal grandparents were Idole, a former slave, and Billy Zack Adams. Her paternal grandfather was "an old Irishman" and her grandmother, "a black Indian lady called 'MeMe'" (pronounced May–May).〔 Hidden Hill was known as a harsh place to live and work, and local accounts say it was the inspiration for ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''.〔〔 It is now known as Little Eva's Plantation. At the age of 15, Hunter moved to Melrose Plantation〔 south of Natchitoches. She spent much of her life picking cotton and attended school for only 10 days, never learning to read or write.〔 Her first two children, Joseph (Frenchie) and Cora, were fathered by Charlie Dupree, whom Hunter said she did not marry.〔 He died around 1914. Later she married Emmanuel Hunter, a woodchopper at Melrose, in 1924.〔 The two lived and worked at Melrose Plantation for many years. Hunter worked as a field hand in her early years and as a cook and housekeeper〔Campbell Robertson, ("For a Longtime Forger, Adding One Last Touch" ) ''The New York Times'' (June 7, 2011). Retrieved June 8, 2011〕 beginning in the late 1920s.〔 Hunter bore seven children, two stillborn. On the morning before giving birth to one of her children, she picked 78 pounds of cotton, went home and called for the midwife. She was back picking cotton a few days later.〔 Hunter lived her entire life in rural, northwest Louisiana, never going more than 100 miles from home.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clementine Hunter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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