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1921 Locust Grove, Georgia - 2012. Known for: Cartoonish sanitation worker sign paintings, junk converted to art.
Willie Jinks (1921 - 2012), was a self-taught Black artist from Atlanta, GA. Jinks was born into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia, and was one of 13 children. He eventually moved to... Read full biography
Willie Jinks (1921 - 2012), was a self-taught Black artist from Atlanta, GA. Jinks was born into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia, and was one of 13 children. He eventually moved to Atlanta as a young man, where he began working for the department of sanitation. Later in life, and... Read full biography
Willie Jinks (1921 - 2012), was a self-taught Black artist from Atlanta, GA. Jinks was born into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia, and was one of 13 children. He eventually moved to Atlanta as a young man, where he began working for the department of sanitation. Later in life, and while on the job, Jinks began salvaging and collecting junk found on the job to make into art. In the artist's own words, “People throws this stuff out. I get in my van and go collect it, and bring it... Read full biography
Willie Jinks (1921 - 2012), was a self-taught Black artist from Atlanta, GA. Jinks was born into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia, and was one of 13 children. He eventually moved to Atlanta as a young man, where he began working for the department of sanitation. Later in life, and while on the job, Jinks began salvaging and collecting junk found on the job to make into art. In the artist's own words, “People throws this stuff out. I get in my van and go collect it, and bring it back to the Hobby Shop”. His “Hobby Shop” was a small shed in the backyard that eventually overflowed to encompass his home and yard. During his prolific life, Willie Jinks created many whirligigs for his front yard and also made a large number of... Read full biography
Willie Jinks (1921 - 2012), was a self-taught Black artist from Atlanta, GA. Jinks was born into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia, and was one of 13 children. He eventually moved to Atlanta as a young man, where he began working for the department of sanitation. Later in life, and while on the job, Jinks began salvaging and collecting junk found on the job to make into art. In the artist's own words, “People throws this stuff out. I get in my van and go collect it, and bring it back to the Hobby Shop”. His “Hobby Shop” was a small shed in the backyard that eventually overflowed to encompass his home and yard. During his prolific life, Willie Jinks created many whirligigs for his front yard and also made a large number of paintings depicting his memories of life growing up in rural Georgia, animals, fantastical crea... Read full biography
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About Willie Jinks: Keywords
Keywords (9)
Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
Added Description
- •Whirligigs
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean