Enjoy this rare and framed untitled art piece by Madge Tennent and dated 1953! It has a small tear near the signature and measures approximately 23.5" by 21.25."

Madeline Grace Cook, Lady Tennent, commonly known as Madge Tennent, is hailed as "the most significant individual contributor to Hawaiian art in the 20th century" and "without question the greatest interpreter of the Hawaiian figure." 

Madge was born in Doulwich, England in 1889. She entered art school at age 12, and the following year, her parents, who recognized and encouraged her talent, moved to Paris to enable her to study there. She and her family later moved to South Africa. After her marriage in 1915 to Hugh Cowper Tennent, she relocated to his native New Zealand. In 1917 Hugh accepted a position as treasure to the government of British Samoa. In 1923, the Tennents left Samoa to go to England, stopping in Hawaii. They were entranced with the islands and were persuaded to stay.

A friend's gift of a book on Gaugin set her on artistic coursethat lasted 50 years, during which she portrayed Hawaiians in a style that was her own. Her works were exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Honolulu.