René Gillotin

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Landing in Byron [Hilo] Bay, Hawai’i Island, watercolor over graphite on paper by René Gillotin, c. 1844-48, Honolulu Museum of Art

René Gillotin (1814-1861) was a French naval officer and painter. He was born in Normandy and entered the naval school at Brest, France. His first campaign was to South America in 1833, with a first stop at Gorée in Senegal. 1844-1846 he visited French Polynesia on the frigate . After promotion to lieutenant, he visited Senegal again in 1852 on the steam frigate . He served in the Crimean War as a commander, and made many drawings and watercolor paintings throughout his naval career.

, a nephew of René Gillotin, came upon a trove of writings, drawings, sketches and watercolors by his uncle. Based upon this discovery, he published De Constantinople a Tahiti: Seize ans d'aquarelles autour du monde, 1840-1856, en suivant Rene Gillotin in 1997.[1] Gillotin’s style is typical of mid-19th-century French painting.[2] Although he is best known for his images of French Polynesia and Constantinople, he also drew and painted (presumable from life) in Africa, South America and Hawaii.[3]

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  • Jacquin, François, De Constantinople a Tahiti: Seize ans d'aquarelles autour du monde, 1840-1856, en suivant Rene Gillotin, Paris, Karthala, 1997 ISBN 2865377636

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  1. ^ Jacquin, François, De Constantinople a Tahiti: Seize ans d'aquarelles autour du monde, 1840-1856, en suivant Rene Gillotin, Paris, Karthala, 1997, preface
  2. ^ Wall label, Honolulu Museum of Art
  3. ^ Wall label, Honolulu Museum of Art
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