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1926 Yazoo County, Mississippi - 1993. Known for: Naive sculptor.
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas'... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House,... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House, July 2005
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House, July 2005
James "Son Ford" Thomas - Artist Info
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Books & Publications (4)
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Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Conwill, Kinshasha, et. all192 pages (color)Baking in the Sun Visionary Images from the South
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Nasisse, Andy/M S Wahlman146 pages (color)Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art)
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Livingston, Jane/J Beardsley186 pages (color)