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1929 California - 2014. Known for: Naive, folk art style painting.
Born and raised in California (b. 1929), George Colin lives in Salisbury, Illinois near Springfield, where he and his wife Winnie run their gallery Colin Folk Art. Though he calls himself a folk... Read full biography
Born and raised in California (b. 1929), George Colin lives in Salisbury, Illinois near Springfield, where he and his wife Winnie run their gallery Colin Folk Art. Though he calls himself a folk artist, Colin doesn't fit into the unschooled or outsider art genre. His early landscapes were... Read full biography
Born and raised in California (b. 1929), George Colin lives in Salisbury, Illinois near Springfield, where he and his wife Winnie run their gallery Colin Folk Art. Though he calls himself a folk artist, Colin doesn't fit into the unschooled or outsider art genre. His early landscapes were representational, while his recent work has become more abstract, including studies of ballerinas, dogs, even turnips. He began painting and drawing during the 1950's after subscribing to a Norman Rockwell... Read full biography
Born and raised in California (b. 1929), George Colin lives in Salisbury, Illinois near Springfield, where he and his wife Winnie run their gallery Colin Folk Art. Though he calls himself a folk artist, Colin doesn't fit into the unschooled or outsider art genre. His early landscapes were representational, while his recent work has become more abstract, including studies of ballerinas, dogs, even turnips. He began painting and drawing during the 1950's after subscribing to a Norman Rockwell correspondence course, and amassed a collection of over 7,000 pieces before being "discovered" in the mid-1980's by a Chicago photographer. The retired flour mill worker has a body of work which includes over 10,000 drawings and painting as well as more... Read full biography
Born and raised in California (b. 1929), George Colin lives in Salisbury, Illinois near Springfield, where he and his wife Winnie run their gallery Colin Folk Art. Though he calls himself a folk artist, Colin doesn't fit into the unschooled or outsider art genre. His early landscapes were representational, while his recent work has become more abstract, including studies of ballerinas, dogs, even turnips. He began painting and drawing during the 1950's after subscribing to a Norman Rockwell correspondence course, and amassed a collection of over 7,000 pieces before being "discovered" in the mid-1980's by a Chicago photographer. The retired flour mill worker has a body of work which includes over 10,000 drawings and painting as well as more than 4,000 pieces of wooden folk art and sculpture. To date his work can be found in the Museum of America... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life