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Helen Moses Cassidy (1900-1985) Big Island signed 'H M Cassidy' (lower left), inscribed and titled (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Footnotes: Provenance Thomas and Joy E. (née Scott) Major, Palos Verdes Estates, California. Private collection, Palos Verdes Estates, California (acquired from the above by descent). Helen Moses Cassidy became a painter after an illustrious athletic career. She was born in Hilo and attended Punahou School from 1920 to 1924. She was an exceptional swimmer for the Outrigger Canoe Club and qualified for the 1920 U.S. Summer Olympics as a 14-year-old freshman. After graduation, she trained Punahou's swimmers and served as their swim coach from 1935 to 1937. 1 Cassidy took up painting in the 1940s, studying under Lloyd Sexton among other local artists. In her later career, she moved to Waimea on the Big Island, exhibiting at the Kona Art Center and helping to establish the Waimea Arts Council in the late 1970s. 1 Hall of Fame: Helen Moses Cassidy, Punahou, 1 June 1981. https://bulletin.punahou.edu/hall-of-fame-helen-moses-cassidy-1924/ For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Helen Moses Cassidy (1900-1985) Big Island signed 'H M Cassidy' (lower left), inscribed and titled (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Footnotes: Provenance Thomas and Joy E. (née Scott) Major, Palos Verdes Estates, California. Private collection, Palos Verdes Estates, California (acquired from the above by descent). Helen Moses Cassidy became a painter after an illustrious athletic career. She was born in Hilo and attended Punahou School from 1920 to 1924. She was an exceptional swimmer for the Outrigger Canoe Club and qualified for the 1920 U.S. Summer Olympics as a 14-year-old freshman. After graduation, she trained Punahou's swimmers and served as their swim coach from 1935 to 1937. 1 Cassidy took up painting in the 1940s, studying under Lloyd Sexton among other local artists. In her later career, she moved to Waimea on the Big Island, exhibiting at the Kona Art Center and helping to establish the Waimea Arts Council in the late 1970s. 1 Hall of Fame: Helen Moses Cassidy, Punahou, 1 June 1981. https://bulletin.punahou.edu/hall-of-fame-helen-moses-cassidy-1924/ For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Stichworte: Lloyd Sexton, 19th-21st Century Art, Öl Gemälde