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Miles Carpenter PUBLICATIONS
1889 Brownstown, Pennsylvania - 1985 Waverly, Susse, Virginia. Known for: Folk art figure wood carvings.
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Miles Burkholder Carpenter had a diverse wood carving practice, which incorporated both time-honored techniques and a keen comic eye for the condition of modernity. Born in 1889 in Brownstown,... Read full biography
Miles Burkholder Carpenter had a diverse wood carving practice, which incorporated both time-honored techniques and a keen comic eye for the condition of modernity. Born in 1889 in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, a deeply traditional Pennsylvania Dutch community, the artist moved with his family to... Read full biography
Miles Burkholder Carpenter had a diverse wood carving practice, which incorporated both time-honored techniques and a keen comic eye for the condition of modernity. Born in 1889 in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, a deeply traditional Pennsylvania Dutch community, the artist moved with his family to Waverly, Virginia, in 1901, where he remained for the remainder of his life. After working at his father's sawmill through his youth, Carpenter struck out on his own at age twenty-three, first with his own... Read full biography
Miles Burkholder Carpenter had a diverse wood carving practice, which incorporated both time-honored techniques and a keen comic eye for the condition of modernity. Born in 1889 in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, a deeply traditional Pennsylvania Dutch community, the artist moved with his family to Waverly, Virginia, in 1901, where he remained for the remainder of his life. After working at his father's sawmill through his youth, Carpenter struck out on his own at age twenty-three, first with his own lumber business (and forays into summer theater), and, beginning in 1955, as the proprietor of a roadside ice, beverage, and produce market. Although he began making small carvings in the 1940s, Carpenter dedicated himself more seriously to his art... Read full biography
Miles Burkholder Carpenter had a diverse wood carving practice, which incorporated both time-honored techniques and a keen comic eye for the condition of modernity. Born in 1889 in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, a deeply traditional Pennsylvania Dutch community, the artist moved with his family to Waverly, Virginia, in 1901, where he remained for the remainder of his life. After working at his father's sawmill through his youth, Carpenter struck out on his own at age twenty-three, first with his own lumber business (and forays into summer theater), and, beginning in 1955, as the proprietor of a roadside ice, beverage, and produce market. Although he began making small carvings in the 1940s, Carpenter dedicated himself more seriously to his art in the 1960s, first in entrepreneurial spirit, to create signage for his store, and then in profound sadness, following his wife's death in 1966... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesCommon Ground/Uncommon Vision Michael & Julie Hall Collection American Folk Art
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Lippard, Lucy/J Hayes/K Ames335 pages (color)American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum342 pages (color)Cutting the Mustard
1982Carpenter, Miles B.77 pages (color)Folk Sculpture USA
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Hemphill, Herbert W. Jr. (Editor); Michael Botwinick, (Foreward)96 pages (color)The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Tyler, Ron228 pages (color)