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Books page for Mattie Lou O'Kelley ((1908 - 1997)), known for Pointillist folk art image painting, landscape, farmlife, animals, figures and portraits. Showing 10 books.
Mattie Lou O'Kelley PUBLICATIONS
1908 Banks County, Georgia - 1997 Decatur, Georgia. Known for: Pointillist folk art image painting, landscape, farmlife, animals, figures and portraits.
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never married and lived alone after her mother died. Her work became highly sought after.... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never married and lived alone after her mother died. Her work became highly sought after.... Read full biography
Mattie Lou O'Kelley - Artist Info
About Mattie Lou O'Kelley: Books
Books & Publications (10)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesMuseum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)Mattie Lou O'Kelley, Folk Artist
1989O'Kelley, Mattie Lou81 pages (color)Circus
1986O'Kelley, Mattie Lou32 pages (color)American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum342 pages (color)From the Hills of Georgia: An Autobiography in Paintings
1983O'Kelley, Mattie Lou32 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975Chambers, Bruce W127 pages (color)