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1908 Glascock County, Georgia - 1988. Known for: Naive-imagery, drawings, hallucination art from found objects, rocks.
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of Georgia. Sometime later, in the late 1970s, Murray began what would become one of the most remarkable and unlikely art “careers” in the southern vernacular field. Murray suffered from hallucinations, and that affliction (which later caused him to be... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of Georgia. Sometime later, in the late 1970s, Murray began what would become one of the most remarkable and unlikely art “careers” in the southern vernacular field. Murray suffered from hallucinations, and that affliction (which later caused him to be institutionalized briefly) may have been the impetus for his earliest creations. He distrusted people who did not believe in God... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (5)
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A World of Their Own: Twentieth Century American Folk Art (Newark Museum)
1995Jacobs, Joseph88 pages (color)American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)Baking in the Sun Visionary Images from the South
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Nasisse, Andy/M S Wahlman146 pages (color)