Hite Institute of Art + Design, University of Louisville
2301 S 3rd St
104 Schneider Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
104 Schneider Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
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Museums page for Ellis Wilson ((1899 - 1977)), known for Afro-naive to mod figure, animal, painting, illustration. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
Ellis Wilson MUSEUMS
1899 Mayfield, Kentucky - 1977 New York, New York. Known for: Afro-naive to mod figure, animal, painting, illustration.
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through March 2000 exhibition premiered at Murray State University in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, 25 miles southeast of Mayfield, birthplace of the artist. The exhibition, organized by Albert Sperath, Director of the Eagle Gallery, featured forty-five... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist: The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky. A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through March 2000 exhibition premiered at Murray State University in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, 25 miles southeast of Mayfield, birthplace of the artist. The exhibition, organized by Albert Sperath, Director of the Eagle Gallery, featured forty-five paintings that were borrowed from private collectors, art dealers, and museums. Of this exhibit,... Read full biography
Ellis Wilson - Artist Info
About Ellis Wilson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Speed Art Museum
2035 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY 40208Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990