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1900 - 1992. Known for: Naive wood carving.
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Carleton (Carlton) E Garrett was born in 1900. Carlton E Garrett worked for almost forty years as a craftsman at the Chattahoochee Furniture and Mooney Furniture factories, near Gainsville Georgia.... Read full biography
Carleton (Carlton) E Garrett was born in 1900. Carlton E Garrett worked for almost forty years as a craftsman at the Chattahoochee Furniture and Mooney Furniture factories, near Gainsville Georgia. For many years he simultaneously managed the local water works. Having also grown up near a water... Read full biography
Carleton (Carlton) E Garrett was born in 1900. Carlton E Garrett worked for almost forty years as a craftsman at the Chattahoochee Furniture and Mooney Furniture factories, near Gainsville Georgia. For many years he simultaneously managed the local water works. Having also grown up near a water mill in Gwinett County, Georgia, Garrett was fascinated by mechanical processes and the way power was harnessed to do work. He used only the simplest of tools to create his figures and the gears that... Read full biography
Carleton (Carlton) E Garrett was born in 1900. Carlton E Garrett worked for almost forty years as a craftsman at the Chattahoochee Furniture and Mooney Furniture factories, near Gainsville Georgia. For many years he simultaneously managed the local water works. Having also grown up near a water mill in Gwinett County, Georgia, Garrett was fascinated by mechanical processes and the way power was harnessed to do work. He used only the simplest of tools to create his figures and the gears that power his mechanical "wonder boxes," so named because you wonder how they work. He was ordained a minister at the Flowery Branch Baptist Church in 1931. Garrett passed away in 1992. see: artbrut.at for more biographical information... Read full biography
Carleton (Carlton) E Garrett was born in 1900. Carlton E Garrett worked for almost forty years as a craftsman at the Chattahoochee Furniture and Mooney Furniture factories, near Gainsville Georgia. For many years he simultaneously managed the local water works. Having also grown up near a water mill in Gwinett County, Georgia, Garrett was fascinated by mechanical processes and the way power was harnessed to do work. He used only the simplest of tools to create his figures and the gears that power his mechanical "wonder boxes," so named because you wonder how they work. He was ordained a minister at the Flowery Branch Baptist Church in 1931. Garrett passed away in 1992. see: artbrut.at for more biographical information
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Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Georgia Before 1900
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950