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1926 Yazoo County, Mississippi - 1993. Known for: Naive sculptor.
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas'... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House,... Read full biography
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House, July 2005
James "Son" Thomas was a blues musician and folk art sculptor. He was raised by his grandmother who called him "son" as an endearment. James Thomas worked as a grave digger and assisted with embalming in a funeral home. This work led him to a series of sculptures with skulls and coffins. Thomas' sculptures were included in the exhibition "Black Folk Art" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and "Passionate Visions of the American South" at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Source: Neal Auction House, July 2005
James "Son Ford" Thomas - Artist Info
About James "Son Ford" Thomas: Keywords
Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC