Mendocino Coast

Artist Horatio Nelson Poole (1884 - 1949)

Date1930s

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (64.8 x 80 cm)
Framed (Frame is gold, wired, not glazed): 33 3/4 x 39 1/2 x 2 in. (85.7 x 100.3 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineGift of The Hilbert Collection

Object number2020.152

DescriptionNew Jersey-born Horatio Nelson Poole worked as a newspaper illustrator in Hawaii – for the Honolulu Star Bulletin and the Pacific Commercial Advertiser – from 1914 to 1921. While in Hawaii, he created many paintings and etchings documenting daily life in Honolulu and elsewhere in the islands. After leaving Hawaii in 1921, Poole settled in San Francisco, where he became an active member of the California Society of Etchers, serving as its president for three years. He maintained a studio in San Francisco, and taught at the California School of Fine Art and UC Berkeley for many years. During the 1930s, he completed several commissions for the Public Works Administration, including a 20-foot mural in San Francisco’s Roosevelt Jr. High School. His works can be found in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art, the de Young Museum, Mills College, and the Hilbert Museum, among others.

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