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Jules Tavernier (1844–1889), a painter and illustrator born in Paris, trained with Félix-Joseph Barrias. In the 1870s, his work for Harper’s Magazine took him to California. He subsequently continued his career in Hawaii, working as a portraitist and landscape painter, and died in Honolulu.
Hawaiian volcanoes occupy an important place in his work. In 1886 he created a panorama of Kilauea measuring three metres high and twenty-seven metres long. From a central platform, visitors could view Halema’uma’u and the Volcano House. Exhibited in Hawaii and later transported to the United States, the panorama is now unlocated. His pupils included David Howard Hitchcock and Amédée Joullin. Works by Tavernier are held in Honolulu and at the Stark Museum of Art in Orange.
This profile brings together identity references for Jules Tavernier and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
érémonie rituelle, tribue d'Amerindiens,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2013-12-11
Published result : 60000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Oil on canvas
Nu féminin allongé,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2017-12-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Nu féminin allongé,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-14
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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