Caroline Helen Thomas Dranga | |
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![]() Helen T. Dranga, 1922 | |
Born | Caroline Helen Thomas December 28, 1866
Oxford, England |
Died | 1927 Hawaii |
Resting place | San Diego |
Nationality | English-American |
Education | Kensington Art Academy ( Royal College of Art) |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Hawaiian landscapes |
Spouse | Theodore T. Dranga |
Helen Thomas Dranga (1866–1927), who is also known as Carrie Helen Dranga, was a British/American painter who made paintings of Hawaii.
Born Caroline Helen Thomas [1] [nb 1] in Oxford, England on December 28, 1866. [2] [3] [4] The daughter of Mary Ann Webb and Robert Thomas, [5] a plumber, painter and decorator. She studied art at the Kensington Art Academy ( Royal College of Art). [6]
She came to the United States in 1892 [7] and on December 16, 1895 she married Theodore Dranga, [8] a merchant who was born in Wisconsin in 1867 to parents who had immigrated from Norway. [8] [9] She lived in Oakland, California from 1894 until 1900, when she moved to Hawaii and in 1901 settled in Hilo, Hawaii. [3] [8] The Drangas had two children, Theodore Thomas born in 1901 and an adopted daughter, Mary born about 1902. Both children were born in Hawaii. [9]
In 1927 she lived in Honolulu and worked there as an artist. [10]
She painted the Hawaiian landscape with a "remarkably sensitive touch". [6] She also painted portraits and skyscrapers. [11] [12] Her paintings regularly appeared on the cover of Paradise of the Pacific magazine in the 1920s and 1930s, [3] such as the Golden Shower Tree published in a 1927 edition. [13] She lived in Hilo and then moved in the 1920s to Honolulu, where she died on January 3, 1927. [3]
The Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Lyman House Memorial Museum (Hilo, Hawaii) are among the public collections holding works by Helen Thomas Dranga. [3] [14] Her works were included in Encounters with paradise: views of Hawaii and its people, 1778-1941 in 1992. [15] Her paintings were said to "seem to reflect the romantic view of Hawaii" at a show at the Hawaii State Art Museum in 2014 of early 20th century paintings of Hawaii. [16]
Caroline Helen Thomas Dranga | |
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![]() Helen T. Dranga, 1922 | |
Born | Caroline Helen Thomas December 28, 1866
Oxford, England |
Died | 1927 Hawaii |
Resting place | San Diego |
Nationality | English-American |
Education | Kensington Art Academy ( Royal College of Art) |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Hawaiian landscapes |
Spouse | Theodore T. Dranga |
Helen Thomas Dranga (1866–1927), who is also known as Carrie Helen Dranga, was a British/American painter who made paintings of Hawaii.
Born Caroline Helen Thomas [1] [nb 1] in Oxford, England on December 28, 1866. [2] [3] [4] The daughter of Mary Ann Webb and Robert Thomas, [5] a plumber, painter and decorator. She studied art at the Kensington Art Academy ( Royal College of Art). [6]
She came to the United States in 1892 [7] and on December 16, 1895 she married Theodore Dranga, [8] a merchant who was born in Wisconsin in 1867 to parents who had immigrated from Norway. [8] [9] She lived in Oakland, California from 1894 until 1900, when she moved to Hawaii and in 1901 settled in Hilo, Hawaii. [3] [8] The Drangas had two children, Theodore Thomas born in 1901 and an adopted daughter, Mary born about 1902. Both children were born in Hawaii. [9]
In 1927 she lived in Honolulu and worked there as an artist. [10]
She painted the Hawaiian landscape with a "remarkably sensitive touch". [6] She also painted portraits and skyscrapers. [11] [12] Her paintings regularly appeared on the cover of Paradise of the Pacific magazine in the 1920s and 1930s, [3] such as the Golden Shower Tree published in a 1927 edition. [13] She lived in Hilo and then moved in the 1920s to Honolulu, where she died on January 3, 1927. [3]
The Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Lyman House Memorial Museum (Hilo, Hawaii) are among the public collections holding works by Helen Thomas Dranga. [3] [14] Her works were included in Encounters with paradise: views of Hawaii and its people, 1778-1941 in 1992. [15] Her paintings were said to "seem to reflect the romantic view of Hawaii" at a show at the Hawaii State Art Museum in 2014 of early 20th century paintings of Hawaii. [16]