Horatio Nelson Poole (1884–1949) was an American painter, printmaker, muralist and teacher. Poole is known for both his intaglio prints (such as ''Fruit and Grain'') and paintings (such as ''A View of Honolulu near Old Plantation''). The

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, the

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, the

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(Waimea, Hawaii),

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, and the

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are among the public collections holding work by Horatio Nelson Poole.

Life

Poole was born in

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on January 16, 1884, but his family moved to Philadelphia when Horatio was ten years old. He studied at the

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, Philadelphia's School of Industrial Design, and then with

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at the

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. Poole moved to Hawaii in 1914, where he worked as an illustrator for the

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and the

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. In 1921, he left Hawaii for San Francisco, where he taught at the

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and at the

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. He painted a 20-foot mural in San Francisco’s Roosevelt Jr. High School for the

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during the 1930s. Poole died in San Francisco July 4, 1949.Hughes, Edan, 2002 Horatio's brothers

John C. Poole John C. Poole (1887-1926) was an American etcher and wood engraver. He was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1887. In addition to creating prints, he worked for the Honolulu Star-Bulletinwhere he became Art Director. Poole died of cancer in Honol ...

(1887-1926)and Earl L. Poole (1891-1972) were also artists.

Works

* 1916 - ''A View of Honolulu near Old Plantation'', oil on art board * 1927 - ''Fruit & Grain'', drypoint * 1929
''Monterey Oak''
oil on canvas, Shasta State Historic Park,

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* Various

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References

* Hughes, Edan, ''Artists in California 1786-1940'', Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum, 2002. * Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, ''Art Deco Hawai'i'', Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014, , p. 97 * Severson, Don R. ''Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections'', University of Hawaii Press, 2002, p. 109-10, 132, 142.

External links

Horatio Nelson Poole in AskArt.com

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Horatio Nelson 1884 births 1949 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American muralists People from Haddonfield, New Jersey Printmakers from Hawaii 20th-century American printmakers 20th-century American male artists