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1874 Davidson County, Tennessee - 1951 Nashville, Tennessee. Known for: Folk art sculpture, stone carving.
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951) was an African-American folk art sculptor. In 1937 Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be given a one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art in New... Read full biography
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951) was an African-American folk art sculptor. In 1937 Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be given a one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. William Edmondson was born in 1874 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He did not know the exact... Read full biography
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951) was an African-American folk art sculptor. In 1937 Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be given a one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. William Edmondson was born in 1874 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He did not know the exact year of his birth because of a fire that destroyed the family Bible. Recent research into census records indicates that he was born in December, 1874. He was one of six children of freed slaves Orange... Read full biography
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951) was an African-American folk art sculptor. In 1937 Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be given a one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. William Edmondson was born in 1874 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He did not know the exact year of his birth because of a fire that destroyed the family Bible. Recent research into census records indicates that he was born in December, 1874. He was one of six children of freed slaves Orange and Jane Edmondson. He grew up in what was then a rural part Davidson County on the Compton plantation where his mother and father had been enslaved and now worked as sharecroppers. He had little or no formal education, and it was reported that he... Read full biography
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951) was an African-American folk art sculptor. In 1937 Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be given a one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. William Edmondson was born in 1874 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He did not know the exact year of his birth because of a fire that destroyed the family Bible. Recent research into census records indicates that he was born in December, 1874. He was one of six children of freed slaves Orange and Jane Edmondson. He grew up in what was then a rural part Davidson County on the Compton plantation where his mother and father had been enslaved and now worked as sharecroppers. He had little or no formal education, and it was reported that he was unable to read or write. His father died sometime around 1889, and he and his siblings and mother moved into Nashville. Willia... Read full biography
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Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
- •Outsider Art
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art