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Born 1932 Habersham County, Georgia. Known for: Memory paintings.
Alpha Andrews was born on August 20, 1932 in Habersham County, Georgia. She was the oldest of five children born to William and Laura Andrews. She grew up surrounded by a large extended family of... Read full biography
Alpha Andrews was born on August 20, 1932 in Habersham County, Georgia. She was the oldest of five children born to William and Laura Andrews. She grew up surrounded by a large extended family of numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alpha married at nineteen, before graduating from high school, and... Read full biography
Alpha Andrews was born on August 20, 1932 in Habersham County, Georgia. She was the oldest of five children born to William and Laura Andrews. She grew up surrounded by a large extended family of numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alpha married at nineteen, before graduating from high school, and soon became a mother. Her family grew to five children over a ten year period. Her husband died when her oldest child was sixteen and her youngest was eight. The challenge was hers to support herself... Read full biography
Alpha Andrews was born on August 20, 1932 in Habersham County, Georgia. She was the oldest of five children born to William and Laura Andrews. She grew up surrounded by a large extended family of numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alpha married at nineteen, before graduating from high school, and soon became a mother. Her family grew to five children over a ten year period. Her husband died when her oldest child was sixteen and her youngest was eight. The challenge was hers to support herself and her five children. She began doing bookkeeping and tax preparation in her home, and at the same time became the Georgia correspondent for the Anderson Independent newspaper. Eventually she developed a network of livelihoods to support the large... Read full biography
Alpha Andrews was born on August 20, 1932 in Habersham County, Georgia. She was the oldest of five children born to William and Laura Andrews. She grew up surrounded by a large extended family of numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alpha married at nineteen, before graduating from high school, and soon became a mother. Her family grew to five children over a ten year period. Her husband died when her oldest child was sixteen and her youngest was eight. The challenge was hers to support herself and her five children. She began doing bookkeeping and tax preparation in her home, and at the same time became the Georgia correspondent for the Anderson Independent newspaper. Eventually she developed a network of livelihoods to support the large family. She became a licensed nurses assistant, opened a hair salon and hired a staff, became an Ordained Minister for an Independent Chu... Read full biography
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Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean