Rei Hamon

Francis Rei Paul Hamon
File:Rei Hamon at work.jpg
Born	(1919-12-17)17 December 1919 Gisborne, New Zealand
Died	Thames, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	Artist
Spouse(s)	Maia Pohoiwi Weti
Parent(s)	Henry Hixon Hamon Edith Violet Osborne

Francis Rei Paul Hamon CBE (17 December 1919 – 16 August 2008) was a New Zealand landscape artist. In 1976 his lithograph Jewels of Okarito was presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the New Zealand Government on the occasion of a state visit.

Utilizing a self-taught style of pointillism, Hamon's familiarity with the flora and fauna of the bush grew from the time that he worked splitting posts for sheep pens in the forests of the Urewera area.

Hamon was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to art in the 1981 New Year Honours.

Hamon was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

See also

• Chuck Close
• Henri-Edmond Cross

Further reading

• Richard G. Oman, “Rei Hamon,” Ensign, October 1979, p. 19
• Rei Hamon, Artist of the New Zealand Bush, p. 164.
• Rei Hamon, “Jewels of Okarito,” printed by The Thames Star Co., Ltd., Thames, New Zealand.