Caroline Haskins Gurrey 1875-1927
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| The Boy & the Lobster, 1901 |
“The Boy and the Lobster,” a photographic study by Caroline
Haskins of Honolulu, has been pronounced the finest specimen of art photography
in the Hawaiian Islands. W. K. Vickery, who probably ranks third in the United
States of art connoisseurs, saw the photographer last week in Miss Haskins
studio, and was at once struck with the artistic nature of the study and
especially delighted with the originality displayed in the posing. The boy is a young Hawaiian, well known on the
waterfront, being one of the small army which dives for nickels and dimes
thrown into the harbor from the decks of incoming passenger vessels. He is
pleasant faced little chap and has a good figure. Miss Haskins says the posing
of the boy with a lobster in his hands was done with the object of having his
attention so attracted by the wriggling of the crustacean, that he would forget
himself for the nonce, and thus render him unconscious of the presence of the
camera. The ruse succeeded admirably as the picture herewith shows.
“I donʻt know whether the Honolulu public fully appreciates
Miss Haskins.” Said Mr. Vickery to an Advertiser reporter. “She is a true
artist, and some of her studies are valuable from an art standpoint. She is
certainly has a bright future.”
Commercial Advertiser,
March 25, 1902
The Athelete, 1909
DEATH CALLS MRS. GURREY
Internationally Famous Art
Photographer Succumbs
Mrs. Caroline Haskins Gurrey widely known for her
photographs of Hawaiian types, died at Queenʻs hospital. She is survived by her
husband, A. R. Gurrey Jr., and one son and one daughter. Funeral services will
be held at 4 p. m. today at the Gurrey home at Black Point. The body will be
cremated.
Commercial Advertiser,
March 25, 1902
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| The Athelete, 1909 |
DEATH CALLS MRS. GURREY
Internationally Famous Art
Photographer Succumbs
Mrs. Caroline Haskins Gurrey widely known for her
photographs of Hawaiian types, died at Queenʻs hospital. She is survived by her
husband, A. R. Gurrey Jr., and one son and one daughter. Funeral services will
be held at 4 p. m. today at the Gurrey home at Black Point. The body will be
cremated.
Mrs. Gurrey made a series of about two dozen (50) portraits
of Hawaiian types that have become famous. The series included the pure
Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Samoan, Filipino and other races in Hawaii., as
well as crosses among the various races. These photographs have been sent to
many museums and art galleries throughout the country.
Critics believed that Mrs. Gurrey had a wide command of
photography, in addition in a high artistic feeling. A combination that made
her art photographs outstanding. Most of her work was portraits.
Untill the closing four years ago of her husband’s store,
known as “Gurreyʻs” which had long been an art center of Honolulu, she took an
interest in the work of the store and the exhibits which it sponsored.