Cornelia MacIntyre Foley
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University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens
Huc-Mazelet Luquiens
Huc-Mazelet Luquiens was an American printmaker, painter and art educator who was born June 30, 1881 in Massachusetts to French-speaking Swiss parents. He graduated from Yale University where he received training in art, earning both a bachelor of arts and master of fine arts degrees...
(1881–1961). Foley continued her art education at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, and spent two years in London at the Slade School of Art as a pupil of Henry Tonks
Henry Tonks
Henry Tonks, FRCS was a British draughtsman and painter of figure subjects, chiefly interiors, and a caricaturist...
(1862-1937). From London, she returned to Hawaii to marry Lieutenant Paul Foley
Paul Foley (admiral)
Paul Foley was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. About 1937, he married the artist Cornelia MacIntyre Foley . During World War II, while a commander commanding a PBY Catalina squadron in the Aleutians, Foley was involved in the recovery of the Akutan Zero.-External links:*...
, who rose through the ranks of the United States Navy to become a Rear Admiral. During 1937-1941, the couple lived in Long Beach, CA and in Seattle, Washington in 1941-1942. Mrs. Foley died January 18, 2010 in Severna Park, Maryland
Severna Park, Maryland
Severna Park is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 28,507 at the 2000 census.-History:Robinson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.-Geography:...
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Cornelia MacIntyre Foley is best known for her voluptuous paintings of Hawaiian women. Major works by Foley are held by the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art....
in Kansas City, Missouri.