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1884 Russia - 1980. Known for: Naive-folk art painting, sculpture.
JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980). Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned... Read full biography
JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980). Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned bus and, finally, selling fruits and vegetables in his own small store in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In... Read full biography
JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980). Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned bus and, finally, selling fruits and vegetables in his own small store in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In 1949 he retired from a lifetime of hardship and work. With his children grown, Garlock found himself with free time on his hands, so with his wife Rose's encouragement, he traded in his cobbler shop... Read full biography
JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980). Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned bus and, finally, selling fruits and vegetables in his own small store in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In 1949 he retired from a lifetime of hardship and work. With his children grown, Garlock found himself with free time on his hands, so with his wife Rose's encouragement, he traded in his cobbler shop and fruit stand for a brush and pallet. With the formal retirement of this Russian emigre, a unique American talent was born. He spent time in Woodstock, staying in his daughter's cabin. Using enamel paints and an old pie tin as his medium, he... Read full biography
JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980). Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned bus and, finally, selling fruits and vegetables in his own small store in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In 1949 he retired from a lifetime of hardship and work. With his children grown, Garlock found himself with free time on his hands, so with his wife Rose's encouragement, he traded in his cobbler shop and fruit stand for a brush and pallet. With the formal retirement of this Russian emigre, a unique American talent was born. He spent time in Woodstock, staying in his daughter's cabin. Using enamel paints and an old pie tin as his medium, he conceived his first painting depicting a remarkable likeness to its subject matter, his daughter's rustic woodlan... Read full biography
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JOSEPH GARLOCK (1884 - 1980)
Joseph Garlock immigrated to New York from Russia and her attendant hardships in 1905. In America, his working life included repairing shoes, driving a privately owned bus and, finally, selling fruits and vegetables in his own small store in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In 1949 he retired from a lifetime of hardship and work.
With his children grown, Garlock found himself with free time on his hands, so with his wife Rose's encouragement, he traded in his cobbler shop and fruit stand for a brush and pallet. With the formal retirement of this Russian emigre, a unique American talent was born.
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