Van's Gallery in the Hemmingway home (1955)
Van Noble (1906-1998) was not just a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway,
she lived in his Key West home and painted there between 1954 and 1958.
Van enjoyed a cordial landlord-tenant relationship with Ernest and Mary Hemingway.
Her scenes of Key West, her Marines, Seascapes and other genres,
are unique not only for their composition, but for her use of color.
Michael Engel, Director of Art Research for Grumbacher said,
'You have brought out the beauty of our colors
to the very highest point possible . . .'
Three of her paintings hung in the White House
for the entire first term of Eisenhower’s
Administration. Six more were exhibited privately
for him at a State Dinner in Key West. |
Van Noble in the gallery at 1101 Truman Ave in Key West.
She rented studio space here to Gerald Leake. |
Van Noble was born "Maudie Alice Vanderhorst Weatherly".
While living in Charleston at age 12, she no longer wished to be
called "Maudie", but took on her ancesterial name abbreviated to Van.
Her grandmother was Mary Arthur Vanderhorst Weatherly
and her great great-great grandfather, Johanes Van der Horst,
landed in, and helped settle Charleston (Charles Towne) in 1684. |
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