The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Books page for Ellis Wilson ((1899 - 1977)), known for Afro-naive to mod figure, animal, painting, illustration. Showing 16 books.
Ellis Wilson PUBLICATIONS
1899 Mayfield, Kentucky - 1977 New York, New York. Known for: Afro-naive to mod figure, animal, painting, illustration.
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through March 2000 exhibition premiered at Murray State University in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, 25 miles southeast of Mayfield, birthplace of the artist. The exhibition, organized by Albert Sperath, Director of the Eagle Gallery, featured forty-five... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through March 2000 exhibition premiered at Murray State University in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, 25 miles southeast of Mayfield, birthplace of the artist. The exhibition, organized by Albert Sperath, Director of the Eagle Gallery, featured forty-five paintings that were borrowed from private collectors, art dealers, and museums. Of this exhibit,... Read full biography
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About Ellis Wilson: Books
Books & Publications (16)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Art of Ellis Wilson
2000
(Exhibition catalog)Sperath, Albert; Margaret Vendryes, Steven Jones, Eva King80 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAmerican Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols)
1996Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin877 pages (color)African American Art
1994
(Exhibition catalog)San Antonio Museum of Art67 pages (color)A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson542 pages (color)Against the Odds African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Reynolds, Gary/Beryl J Wright298 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesArt: African American
1978Lewis, Samella246 pages (color)Two Centuries of Black American Art
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Driskell, David C221 pages (color)Amistad II Afro-American Art
1975
(Exhibition catalog)Driskell, David C92 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesAfro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesAmerican Negro Art
1960Dover, Cedric186 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages