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1888 - 1976. Known for: Religious narrative-funk brimstone.
McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976) was a Southern original, a larger-than-life character who could have stepped out of the pages of a Flannery O'Connor short story. Over the course of his... Read full biography
McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976) was a Southern original, a larger-than-life character who could have stepped out of the pages of a Flannery O'Connor short story. Over the course of his eighty-eight years, he witnessed momentous changes in the world, especially in the American South, where he... Read full biography
McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976) was a Southern original, a larger-than-life character who could have stepped out of the pages of a Flannery O'Connor short story. Over the course of his eighty-eight years, he witnessed momentous changes in the world, especially in the American South, where he spent nearly all of his life. A painter, preacher, poet, and visionary, Long was passionate about life and about what he believed in, whether it was Prohibition, the need for a North Carolina art museum,... Read full biography
McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976) was a Southern original, a larger-than-life character who could have stepped out of the pages of a Flannery O'Connor short story. Over the course of his eighty-eight years, he witnessed momentous changes in the world, especially in the American South, where he spent nearly all of his life. A painter, preacher, poet, and visionary, Long was passionate about life and about what he believed in, whether it was Prohibition, the need for a North Carolina art museum, or mankind's need for salvation through Jesus Christ. The larger artistic community began to posthumously recognize Long's artistic vision when appreciation for "visionary" or "outsider" art expanded in the 1980s, but he does not fit comfortably... Read full biography
McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976) was a Southern original, a larger-than-life character who could have stepped out of the pages of a Flannery O'Connor short story. Over the course of his eighty-eight years, he witnessed momentous changes in the world, especially in the American South, where he spent nearly all of his life. A painter, preacher, poet, and visionary, Long was passionate about life and about what he believed in, whether it was Prohibition, the need for a North Carolina art museum, or mankind's need for salvation through Jesus Christ. The larger artistic community began to posthumously recognize Long's artistic vision when appreciation for "visionary" or "outsider" art expanded in the 1980s, but he does not fit comfortably into the traditional confines of that designation. However, Long's paintings do show that he turned his back on many of the tenets of his aca... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Funk Art
Art Subject
- •Abraham Lincoln
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--