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You are bidding on a Clementine Hunter "Gone Fishing" square bowl. Clementine Hunter depicts folks who have Gone Fishing on the Cane River.

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Gitter Gallery. Gitter Gallery has assembled the best artisans to recreate the memories of the things Clementine Hunter loved and observed during her life on the Melrose Plantation. Her famous paintings of cotton pickings, washdays, pecan pickings, weddings, baptisms, funerals and other scenes of life on Melrose have made her works an important part of American history. The Clementine Hunter ceramic collection is entirely made by hand and hand-painted. No two pieces are alike. Each piece has its own distinctive shape whose textured surface allows you to feel the passion in her work. Hang them on your wall, display them on your bookshelf, use them as a centerpiece for your table or make them your favorite serving pieces for any occasion.

We feature The Brett Smith Sporting Art Collection of hand crafted serveware and The Clementine Hunter Collection of hand crafted serveware, dinnerware and hand-embroidered pillows. Additionally, we have canvas art from some of the most famous American folk artists. Many of these artists are recognized in the Smithsonian Institution and many other major museums and private collections around the world. With every purchase made, a percentage of the proceeds of each sale goes to the artist or his/ her estate.

Clementine Hunter. Louisiana’s most famous artist, Clementine Hunter, was born in 1886 at Hidden Hill Plantation below Cloutierville, Louisiana. At a young age, Clementine moved to Melrose Plantation where she lived and worked until her death in 1988 at age 101. Clementine first worked in the cotton fields and pecan groves until Miss Cammie Henry, the owner of Melrose, brought her into the "Big House" to clean and cook. It was here that she came in contact with New Orleans artist Alberta Kinsley, whose work inspired Clementine to try painting. Without formal training, she produced colorful memory paintings that captured every day life on Melrose Plantation. Her paintings are recognized as a narrative telling the story of plantation life during the time before mechanization came to agriculture. Her depiction of cotton pickings, washdays, pecan pickings, weddings, baptisms, funerals and other scenes of life on Melrose, have made her works coveted around the world. Clementine Hunter is one of the most important self-taught American artists of the 20th century. Her works can be seen in the Smithsonian Institution, The American Folk Art Museum, The Oprah Winfrey Collection in Chicago and countless other museums and private collections.

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