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Tyree: Artist of the South Pacific
Hardcover
Series: Artists of the South Pacific, Book 1
ArtistsAmerican Art - GeneralIndividual Artists
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ISBN13: 9780998422404
Publisher: South Pacific Dreams Publishing
Published: Jun 15 2017
Pages: 224
Weight: 2.85
Height: 0.90 Width: 8.30 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
Awards: Benjamin Franklin Award, Benjamin Franklin Award
Raised in Central California, American artist Ralph Burke Tyree was the most prolific portrait artist of the South Pacific peoples of the twentieth century. After studying art at the California College of the Arts (Oakland), Tyree joined the Marines seven weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He soon shipped off to Samoa.
There, Private Tyree was befriended by his Commanding General and became the Marine base's artist. His portrait career began with painting the officers and their loved ones.
He began his post-military career by returning to the South Pacific to live in places such as Guam, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii. He also traveled Palau, Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands over his thirty-year career.
Most of his early works were sensual island wahines in island beach and jungle settings. He painted primarily with oil on board but also occasionally on canvas and with pastels. To add depth and texture to his work, mid-career Tyree switched to painting with oil on fine French silk and black velvet. This was in the midst of the 1960's Tiki revolution; many of his nude pieces were displayed in Tiki bars and restaurants. Tyree was likely the most prolific South Pacific and Tiki artist of the twentieth century.
In the 1970s, Tyree began painting endangered species to call attention to their limited numbers. He died of a heart attack at age fifty-seven in 1979.
Tyree was a dreamer who painted idealized women in idyllic South Pacific landscapes, the faces of wizened island men, and endangered species. His portraiture, whether of humans or animals, captured their quiet, gentle spirit.
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