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Lloyd Sexton, Jr. (1912-1990) Hilo Plumeria 24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm) (Painted circa 1930.) image 1
Lloyd Sexton, Jr. (1912-1990) Hilo Plumeria 24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm) (Painted circa 1930.) image 2
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Lloyd Sexton, Jr.
(1912-1990)
Hilo Plumeria 24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm)

6 August 2025, 12:00 PDT
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Lloyd Sexton, Jr. (1912-1990)

Hilo Plumeria
signed 'L. Sexton' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm)
Painted circa 1930.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Diamond Head, Oʻahu.

While Lloyd Sexton is best-known as a Hawaiian landscape painter, he was equally 'intrigued by the flower motifs of the Islands.' 1 Sexton first developed an interest in rendering tropical botanicals at Punahou. While still a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, he was given his first one-man gallery and museum exhibitions at The Vose Galleries of Boston and the Honolulu Museum of Art, respectively, for flower paintings. 2 His 1933 show at HoMA featured 17 flower paintings, including 'many various varieties of plumaria [sic].' 3 His works were praised for his use of 'rich shades to bring out the characteristics of the flowers. They have a naturalness and a tropic beauty, that only one born and brought up in the Islands can attain.' 4

1 E.B.L., 'Lloyd Sexton Unassuming Artist of Much Ability,' Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 8 October 1933, p. 3.
2 David W. Forbes, Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and Its People, 1778-1941, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, p. 265.
3 E.B.L., p. 3.
4 Ibid.

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