Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 2013 — ABOUT THE ARTIST [ARTICLE]
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Herb Kawainui Kāne was an artist-historian and author with special interest in Hawai'i and the South Pacific. Born in 1928, he was raised in Hilo and Waipi'o Valley, Hawai'i and Wisconsin. After service in the U.S. Navy, he studied at the University of Chicago and held a master's degree and an honorary doctorate from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Kāne was honored for his life's work as the 201 1 Kama'āina of the yearby the Historic Hawai'i Foundation. It was the first time in the decadeslong history of the award that it was awarded posthumously.