Jules Tavernier
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Jules Tavernier studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and traveled to Barbizon, where he was influenced by the school of plein-air landscape painting that emerged from the French town. After living in New York, where he was inspired by the Hudson River School and in San Francisco, he moved to Honolulu in 1884. Upon arrival he became infatuated with volcanoes and made them the focus of his paintings for the rest of his life. Captain James Cook originally gave Hawai‘i the name of Sandwich Islands. The Kilauea Caldera refers to a depression with a diameter of two to three miles near the summit of the active volcano of Kilauea. With an intensity of color, Tavernier depicts the erupting volcano and emphasizes the awe-inspiring power of nature.
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