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1938 Tallopoosa, Georgia - 1997. Known for: Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art.
Leroy Almon, Sr. was a non denominational evangelical preacher known for his interpretations of spiritual and secular themes carved in low relief with knife and chisel. Almon was born in Tallopoosa,... Read full biography
Leroy Almon, Sr. was a non denominational evangelical preacher known for his interpretations of spiritual and secular themes carved in low relief with knife and chisel. Almon was born in Tallopoosa, Georgia, but grew up in Columbus, Ohio and worked as a shoe salesman and for the Coca Cola Co. in... Read full biography
Leroy Almon, Sr. was a non denominational evangelical preacher known for his interpretations of spiritual and secular themes carved in low relief with knife and chisel. Almon was born in Tallopoosa, Georgia, but grew up in Columbus, Ohio and worked as a shoe salesman and for the Coca Cola Co. in Columbus. Following a job loss in 1979, Almon apprenticed and eventually collaborated with Elijah Pierce, the well known African American lay minister and woodcarver. In 1982, Almon returned to... Read full biography
Leroy Almon, Sr. was a non denominational evangelical preacher known for his interpretations of spiritual and secular themes carved in low relief with knife and chisel. Almon was born in Tallopoosa, Georgia, but grew up in Columbus, Ohio and worked as a shoe salesman and for the Coca Cola Co. in Columbus. Following a job loss in 1979, Almon apprenticed and eventually collaborated with Elijah Pierce, the well known African American lay minister and woodcarver. In 1982, Almon returned to Tallapoosa, and converted his boyhood home into a workshop and gallery and became an ordained minister.Lynda Hartigan,"Contemporary Folk: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" and the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Leroy Almon, Sr. was a non denominational evangelical preacher known for his interpretations of spiritual and secular themes carved in low relief with knife and chisel. Almon was born in Tallopoosa, Georgia, but grew up in Columbus, Ohio and worked as a shoe salesman and for the Coca Cola Co. in Columbus. Following a job loss in 1979, Almon apprenticed and eventually collaborated with Elijah Pierce, the well known African American lay minister and woodcarver. In 1982, Almon returned to Tallapoosa, and converted his boyhood home into a workshop and gallery and became an ordained minister.Lynda Hartigan,"Contemporary Folk: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" and the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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Books & Publications (5)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesTestimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Conwill, Kinshasha, et. all192 pages (color)Self Taught Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations
2000Sellen, Betty; Cynthia Jefferson339 pagesMuseum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)