Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genevieve Springston Lynch


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep.  Sandstein  09:41, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Genevieve Springston Lynch

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Unable to find enough material to prove notability, including WP:ARTIST. I have just been able to find a couple of short blurbs in a couple of books and information from art galleries.  CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 01:46, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 04:36, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 04:36, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 04:36, 28 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment. Indeed hard to find online materials about this artist.  Google Books offers only snippets of the book that's cited in the footnotes, Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People  ; the snippets do include enough of the index to confirm that Lynch is discussed on several pages of the book, though not the content of the discussion. --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:55, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but this needs to go. --gilgongo (talk) 13:57, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete.
 * Not regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors.
 * Not known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
 * No major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work.
 * The person's work has not become a significant monument, been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, and has had no significant critical attention.

Keep Genevieve Springston Lynch is one of a small number of Hawaiian painters who worked prior to the contemporary era. Her work is in Hawaii's main art musium. Encounters with Paradise, the principal book on artists of Hawaii devotes 3 pages (253-255) to this artist and mentions her twice in other parts of the book (pp. 211 &2 13). Hiart (talk) 20:07, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Keep An artist important to the history of painting in Hawaii. Haa900 (talk) 21:41, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Keep According to AskArt.com, the artist is discussed in 4 different reference books, with a 3 page discussion in Encounters with Paradise. The books are: She is also discussed in Artists in California, 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes. although this fifth references is not listed in AskArt.com. Her c. 1940 painting Landscape at Kaliuwa'a is currently on display in the Hawaiian gallery of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Wmpearl (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson, The Artists Bluebook (2005)
 * Davenport, Ray, Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition (1999)
 * Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975 (1999)
 * Forbes, David, Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and Its People 1778-1941 (1992)

Strong Keep Work exhibited in a public museum! And the page is referenced.Zigzig20s (talk) 07:43, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - It's good to see that there's interest in keeping this article alive - and additional sources of information to expand the article, which I've added to "Further reading" until they can be used. I'm doing a bit of tidying and will add an infobox. If anyone has access to any of the sources and can add content, that would be great!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 22:56, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * It seems that this is trending to "Keep" and I had already made some changes to the article based upon the comments. Is it possible to "withdraw" this - or close it as "keep"?-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 09:23, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.