Artists of Hawaiʻi (Book 1 Volume 1)

Artists of Hawaiʻi, Volume 1: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors--interviews by Prithwish Neogy, photographs by Francis Haar, and introduction by Jean Charlot. Published by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1974.

This volume covers each artist by providing a portrait photo, a brief biographical article, and a statement by the artist concerning his or her career. Because Isami Doi had passed away before he could be interviewed, Jean Charlot was asked to write an essay concerning Doi and his art. Generally each artist’s work is represented by four photographs—one of the photographs is in color and one shows the artist at work on a piece of art. A note at the beginning by Alfred Preis explains that the book was the idea of Francis Haar, who received an SFCA grant to work on the project.

The artists are placed in the book in the following order: Isami Doi, Madge Tennent, Satoru Abe, Edward Brownlee, Kenneth Bushnell, Jean Charlot, Juliette May Fraser, Hon-Chew Hee, Sueko Kimura, John Kjargaard, Ben Norris, Louis Pohl, Shirley Russell, Tadashi Sato, Willson Stamper, Edward Stasack, Tseng Yu-ho, and John Young. The artists are presented in alphabetical order with the exceptions of Isami Doi and Madge Tennant who are placed first in the book as a memorial tribute because they had just recently died.