The South in Color: A Visual Journal
2016Ferris, William
120 pages (color)
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1895 Paris, Mississippi - 1977 Oxford, Mississippi. Known for: Folk art, dream and vision painting.
Theora Hamblett (1895-1977) was inspired to paint by her dreams. She also painted cherished memories of her own and of people close to her—the old O'Tuckolofa School, children's games, "trees along... Read full biography
Theora Hamblett (1895-1977) was inspired to paint by her dreams. She also painted cherished memories of her own and of people close to her—the old O'Tuckolofa School, children's games, "trees along the highways," making lye soap and sorghum, and carrying cotton to the gin. Hamblett was born on a... Read full biography
Theora Hamblett (1895-1977) was inspired to paint by her dreams. She also painted cherished memories of her own and of people close to her—the old O'Tuckolofa School, children's games, "trees along the highways," making lye soap and sorghum, and carrying cotton to the gin. Hamblett was born on a 200-acre farm near Paris, Mississippi, that had been owned by her father since before the American Civil War, and she understood farm chores and responsibilities from an early age. She graduated from... Read full biography
Theora Hamblett (1895-1977) was inspired to paint by her dreams. She also painted cherished memories of her own and of people close to her—the old O'Tuckolofa School, children's games, "trees along the highways," making lye soap and sorghum, and carrying cotton to the gin. Hamblett was born on a 200-acre farm near Paris, Mississippi, that had been owned by her father since before the American Civil War, and she understood farm chores and responsibilities from an early age. She graduated from Lafayette County Agricultural High School, near Oxford, Mississippi, and attended Mississippi Normal College before teaching primary grades in small rural schools on and off for fifteen years. Teaching was not satisfying to her, though; and a business... Read full biography
Theora Hamblett (1895-1977) was inspired to paint by her dreams. She also painted cherished memories of her own and of people close to her—the old O'Tuckolofa School, children's games, "trees along the highways," making lye soap and sorghum, and carrying cotton to the gin. Hamblett was born on a 200-acre farm near Paris, Mississippi, that had been owned by her father since before the American Civil War, and she understood farm chores and responsibilities from an early age. She graduated from Lafayette County Agricultural High School, near Oxford, Mississippi, and attended Mississippi Normal College before teaching primary grades in small rural schools on and off for fifteen years. Teaching was not satisfying to her, though; and a business she tried, raising chickens, was financially unsuccessful. She moved to Oxford, where she bought a house and converted it into... Read full biography
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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 21: Art and Architecture
2013Bonner, Judith and Estill Curtis Pennington592 pages (color)The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 23: Folk Art
2013Crown, Carol and Cheryl Rivers520 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport'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 pagesSelf Taught, Outsider and Folk Art A Guide to American Artists
1999Sellen, Betty-Carol326 pagesArt in Mississippi, 1720-1980
1998Black, Pattie Carr359 pages (color)A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives
1997Barnwell, Marian (Editor)467 pages (color)Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996Delehanty, Randolph292 pages (color)Betty Parsons Artist, Dealer, Collector
1991Hall, Lee192 pages (color)Women Artists in the United States: A Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide On the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750-1986
1990Chiarmonte, Paula L0 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 1
1989Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris (Co-Editors)1,608 pagesMarie Hull and Her Contemporaries: Theora Hamblett and Kate Freeman Clark (Mississippi Museum of Art)
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Smith, Elise Brevard (Essay); Liliclaire C. McKinnon (Text)15 pages (color)Folk Artists Biographical Index
1987Meyer, George (Editor)0 pagesDictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesLocal Color: A Sense of Place in Folk Art
1982Ferris, William241 pages (color)Of Art and Artists: Selected Reviews of the Arts in Mississippi, 1955-1976
1981Dollarhide, Louis162 pages (color)Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesDreams and Visions, Paintings by Theora Hamblett
1975Hamblett, Theora, In Collaboration with Edwin Meek66 pages (color)Theora Hamblett Paintings
1975Meek, Ed; Haynie, William S.96 pages (color)Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pagesDreams Can Work For You
1970Hamblett, Theora, as told to Betty Hackett0 pages (color)Two Thousand Women of Achievement
1970Kay, Ernest1,000 pagesSymbols of Faith in The Beyond
1966Hamblett, Theora16 pages (color)A Wish, A Vision and Their Fulfillment
1962DeJean, Patrick K.0 pages (color)Miss Theora Hamblett, Primitive Artist of Oxford, Mississippi: Her Work
1962Phay, Robert H.64 pagesModern Primitives: Masters of Naive Painting
1959Bihalji-Merin, Oto290 pages