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1900 Rolling Fork, Mississippi - 1996 Memphis, Tennessee. Known for: Naive genre painting.
Henry Speller (1900-1997), was born in the Central Mississippi Delta region. He dropped out of school at twelve and began working on the local farms. He taught himself to draw, but was also a... Read full biography
Henry Speller (1900-1997), was born in the Central Mississippi Delta region. He dropped out of school at twelve and began working on the local farms. He taught himself to draw, but was also a talented guitar player and noted blues man playing with such notables as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. His... Read full biography
Henry Speller (1900-1997), was born in the Central Mississippi Delta region. He dropped out of school at twelve and began working on the local farms. He taught himself to draw, but was also a talented guitar player and noted blues man playing with such notables as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. His drawing are drawn from his surroundings and are generally formed from pencil sketches that he would fill in with colored crayon. Speller is hung in the Outsider collections at the High Museum of... Read full biography
Henry Speller (1900-1997), was born in the Central Mississippi Delta region. He dropped out of school at twelve and began working on the local farms. He taught himself to draw, but was also a talented guitar player and noted blues man playing with such notables as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. His drawing are drawn from his surroundings and are generally formed from pencil sketches that he would fill in with colored crayon. Speller is hung in the Outsider collections at the High Museum of Atlanta and the Smithsonian.
Henry Speller (1900-1997), was born in the Central Mississippi Delta region. He dropped out of school at twelve and began working on the local farms. He taught himself to draw, but was also a talented guitar player and noted blues man playing with such notables as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. His drawing are drawn from his surroundings and are generally formed from pencil sketches that he would fill in with colored crayon. Speller is hung in the Outsider collections at the High Museum of Atlanta and the Smithsonian.
Henry Speller - Artist Info
About Henry Speller: Keywords
Keywords (12)
Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Outsider Art
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean