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John Melville Kelly (1879-1962)

John Kelly was an American painter and printmaker. He was born in Oakland, California in 1879. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (San Francisco), and at the Partington Art School (San Francisco).
Kelly worked for fourteen years as an illustrator for the San Francisco Examiner before he and his wife, the sculptor Kate Kelly, went to Hawaii in 1923. Their plan was to stay a year and work for an advertising agency creating material to promote tourism. They fell in love with the islands,and it's people, and stayed permanently.
John's ravishing depictions of Polynesians was, in fact, what distinguished him from other artists in Hawaii at the time. The Kellys immediately identified with the native Hawaiians and became their champions in images and in print.
John produced etchings and aquatints, primarily of human figures, though he occasionally did landscapes as well. John Melville Kelly died in Honolulu in 1962.
Breadfruit, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Leimaker, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Big Surf At Waikiki, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Hula Dancer, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Hawaiian Decoration, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu
John Kelly, c.1946
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Fisherman, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Maleana
John Kelly, Honolulu Star Bulletin Christmas Card from 1950
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The Story Of Hawaii, Tourist Bureau Booklet
John Kelly, 1929 Booklet Edition
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Hawaiian Night, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Menu Cover
John Kelly, c.1950's
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Breadfruit Hawaii - Bookplate from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians
Vintage Hawaiian Color Aquatint by John Kelly c. 1934
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The Story of Hawaii, Tourist Bureau booklet
John Kelly, Magazine Cover from 1929
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Marion - Topless Hawaiian Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians
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Old Hawaii - Hawaiian in Outrigger Canoe (Wa'a) - c. 1935
John Melville Kelly
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Marion, Hawaii - Topless Native Hawaiian Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1943
John Melville Kelly
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Girl with Bananas, Hawaii - Topless Hawaiian Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1943
John Melville Kelly
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John Kelly Self Portrait - Honolulu Hawaii - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1942
John Melville Kelly
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Lone Fisherman (Lawai'a) Hawaii - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1930
John Melville Kelly
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Moi Water Hawaii - Throw Net Fisherman - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1936
John Melville Kelly
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Mokihana, Hawaii - Native Hawaiian Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1936
John Melville Kelly
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Old Kalama, Hawaii - Native Hawaiian Man - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1930
John Melville Kelly
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Kimo, Hawaii - Native Hawaiian Man - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1934
John Melville Kelly
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Nude Study - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1940's
John Melville Kelly
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Nude Studies for Etchings - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1940's
John Melville Kelly
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Kaipo, Hawaii - Native Hawaiian Boy - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1935
John Melville Kelly
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Chinese Hawaiian 1 - Nude Study - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1930's
John Melville Kelly
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Chinese Hawaiian 2 - Nude Study - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1930's
John Melville Kelly
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Holoku, Hawaii - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1940's
John Melville Kelly
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Hawaiian Dancer, Hawaii - Topless Native Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1942
John Melville Kelly
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Grass Skirt, Hawaii - Topless Native Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1928
John Melville Kelly
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Kanani, Hawaii - Topless Native Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1936
John Melville Kelly
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Leilani, Hawaii - Native Hawaiian Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1930's
John Melville Kelly
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Study of Nude, Hawaii - Native Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1940's
John Melville Kelly
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Nude Studies - Hawaiian Native Girl - from Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians - c. 1940's
John Melville Kelly
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Hawaiian Reef Fisherman (Lawai‘a) - Hawaii - c. 1928
John Melville Kelly
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Kapa-Hana (Tapa Making) - Hawaiian Woman - c. 1934
John Melville Kelly
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