Henry B. Christian (1883–1953) was a painter who was born in

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. He studied at the

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, and first visited Hawaii in 1908. He made frequent trips between Minnesota and Hawaii before settling in Honolulu. Christian was

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of ''

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'' 1908–10, 1917–19, and 1922–38.Severson, 2002, p. 117 He died in Honolulu on December 23, 1953.

References

* *Papanikolas, Theresa and DeSoto Brown, ''Art Deco Hawai'i'', Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014, , p. 66 * Severson, Don R. ''Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections'', University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp. 216–7. *Hustace, James J. ''Painters and Etchers of Hawaii-A Biographical Collection-1780-2018, Library of Congress (C)''

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20th-century American painters American male painters Artists from Hawaii Artists from Minneapolis 1953 deaths 1883 births 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub