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1923 Champagne, Illinois - 2004. Known for: Painting and collage with jazz and religious themes, framing, teaching.
Allen Stringfellow was born in Champaign, Illinois. The son of a nightclub singer and a jazz guitarist, he was raised around entertainers in Chicago. As a teenager, he started designing costumes for... Read full biography
Allen Stringfellow was born in Champaign, Illinois. The son of a nightclub singer and a jazz guitarist, he was raised around entertainers in Chicago. As a teenager, he started designing costumes for his father’s performer friends. Along the way, he painted religious murals for local churches. He... Read full biography
Allen Stringfellow was born in Champaign, Illinois. The son of a nightclub singer and a jazz guitarist, he was raised around entertainers in Chicago. As a teenager, he started designing costumes for his father’s performer friends. Along the way, he painted religious murals for local churches. He studied at the University of Illinois, and the Art Institute of Milwaukee in Wisconsin. During the W.P.A*., he taught silk-screening to other artists. At the time, he met the artist William S. Carter;... Read full biography
Allen Stringfellow was born in Champaign, Illinois. The son of a nightclub singer and a jazz guitarist, he was raised around entertainers in Chicago. As a teenager, he started designing costumes for his father’s performer friends. Along the way, he painted religious murals for local churches. He studied at the University of Illinois, and the Art Institute of Milwaukee in Wisconsin. During the W.P.A*., he taught silk-screening to other artists. At the time, he met the artist William S. Carter; and became part of the Southside Community Art Center, an arts program affiliated with the W.P.A. that was dedicated by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1940’s. The Center”s central figure was master artist and teacher George Neal. Acclaimed artists... Read full biography
Allen Stringfellow was born in Champaign, Illinois. The son of a nightclub singer and a jazz guitarist, he was raised around entertainers in Chicago. As a teenager, he started designing costumes for his father’s performer friends. Along the way, he painted religious murals for local churches. He studied at the University of Illinois, and the Art Institute of Milwaukee in Wisconsin. During the W.P.A*., he taught silk-screening to other artists. At the time, he met the artist William S. Carter; and became part of the Southside Community Art Center, an arts program affiliated with the W.P.A. that was dedicated by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1940’s. The Center”s central figure was master artist and teacher George Neal. Acclaimed artists Charles White, William S. Carter, and photographer Gordon Parks were among the Center’s students. The Southside Community Art Center became... Read full biography
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Musicians, Music Genre, Music
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art School
- •Art Institute of Milwaukee, Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Framemaker, Carved and/or Designed Frames
- •Professional Museum and Art/ or Art Gallerist
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings