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1) Helen Thomas Dranga, aka Carrie Helen Dranga, born in Oxford, England on December 28, 1866 to 1927 (aged 61), was a British/American painter who made paintings of Hawaii.
2) She studied art at the Kensington Art Academy (Royal College of Art). She came to the U.S. in 1892 & married on 1895 to a merchant. They have 2 kids: a son in 1901 & an adopted daughter born in 1902.
3) In 1927, they lived in Honolulu and she worked there as an artist. She painted the Hawaiian landscape with a "remarkably sensitive touch". She also painted portraits and skyscrapers.
4) Her paintings regularly appeared on the cover of Paradise of the Pacific magazine in the 1920s and 1930s, such as the Golden Shower Tree published in a 1927 edition.
5) The Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art & the Lyman Museum are among the public collections holding her work, including 'Encounters with paradise: views of Hawaii & its people' in 1992.
6) Her paintings were said to "seem to reflect the romantic view of Hawaii" at a show at the Hawaii State Art Museum in 2014 of early 20th century paintings of Hawaii.
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