Jules Tavernier: MONA collection artwork

1844, Paris, France – 1889, Honolulu, Hawaii

Biographical sketch of artist Jules Tavernier

Jules Tavernier, Indian Sun Dance - Young Bucks Proving Their Endurance by Self-Torture, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1875* Jules Tavernier
Indian Sun Dance – Young Bucks Proving Their Endurance by Self-Torture

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly, January 2, 1875
Gift of Larry Peterson and Gary Zaruba
Accession No: 2008.04.26
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Jules Tavernier, Untitled (Indian encampment in winter), oil on canvas on board, n.d.Jules Tavernier
Untitled (Indian encampment in winter)

oil on canvas on board, n.d.
20½ × 35″
Museum Purchase made possible by Anonymous Donor, Carl & Jane Rohman, Jack Karraker, Jon & Leslie Abegglen, Carl & Karen Brasee, Mary Ellen Mulcahy, Ed & Betty Cook, Clay & Beth Smith, Anne Thorne Weaver, F. William & Beverley Karrer, Gary Zaruba
Accession No: 2011.22
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Jules Tavernier, Red Cloud Camp, watercolor on paper, 1974Jules Tavernier
Red Cloud Camp

watercolor on paper
1874
5 × 7″
Museum Purchase made possible by Carl & Karen Brasee
Accession No: 2008.06
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Jules Tavernier, A Prairie Wind-storm, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, May 30, 1874* Jules Tavernier
A Prairie Wind-storm

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly, May 30, 1874
15¾ × 11″
Gift of F. William & Beverley Karrer
Accession No: 2009.50
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Jules Tavernier, Shooting Antelopes from a Railroad Train in Colorado, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, May 29, 1875* Jules Tavernier
Shooting Antelopes from a Railroad Train in Colorado

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly, May 29, 1875
11 × 15¾”
Gift of F. William & Beverley Karrer
Accession No: 2009.48
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Jules Tavernier, Death on the Rail, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly,1873Jules Tavernier
Death on the Rail

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly,1873
7 × 9″
Gift of F. William & Beverley Karrer
Accession No: 2009.52
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Jules Tavernier, The Suburbs of San Francisco, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, May 29, 1875Jules Tavernier
The Suburbs of San Francisco

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly, May 29, 1875
11 × 15¾”
Gift of F. William & Beverley Karrer
Accession No: 2009.47
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Jules Tavernier, Fighting the Fire, wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, February 28, 1874Jules Tavernier
Fighting the Fire

wood engraving
published in Harper’s Weekly, February 28, 1874
6 × 9½”
Gift of F. William & Beverley Karrer
Accession No: 2009.49
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* Paul Frenzeny also an artist on this work.