Henriette Robin (1928-2009) "the Tahitian" Oil On Panel

Henriette Robin (1928-2009) "La Tahitienne" Oil on panel Signed top right H.Robin, located in Tahiti and dated 1969 The previous owners bought this painting directly from the artist when they lived in Tahiti as her neighbors. Dimensions of the painting, the panel alone: 57 x 49.5 cm Dimensions with the frame: 59.5 x 51.5 cm Henriette Robin is known for her paintings of the men and women of the territory and what inspired her in Polynesia. Her journey took her to many other latitudes before the fenua became the favorite theme of her works. Born in 1928 in Paris, Henriette Robin is of Italian origin. The war, the German occupation and the exodus pushed Henriette's family to join Marseille in the free zone. Married, she settled in Jeumont in the north of France. The couple still lived far from the coconut trees, exotic fruits, and vahinés that would inspire Henriette upon her arrival in Tahiti in 1963. At the time, she was passionate about the Flemish School. To learn her art, she crossed the Belgian border and worked in artists' studios near Mons. A trip to Brittany tempted her, especially Pont-Aven, where she painted Breton landscapes in the footsteps of Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard, Paul Sérusier, Charles Filiger, etc. The second part of her work would then be marked by Tahitian pictorial art. She has held numerous exhibitions in Paris, but also in Belgium and later, of course, in Tahiti. Her name appears in the world of painting "La cote des Artistes" (Artists' Rating). The State Museums of France and Belgium acquired several of her works. In 1965, she won the first FRA Angelico prize with a painting on the nativity. Another of her paintings, "Enfant de Tahiti" (Child of Tahiti), was acquired by the Mons Museum. A portrait of a Tahitian woman by Henriette Robin, chosen by the OPT, a philatelic agency, and issued as a stamp in 1974, represented Polynesian painting throughout the world. Henriette Robin died in 2009 in Tahiti.