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Museums page for Herbert "Coon" Singleton ((1945 - 2007)), known for Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos. Showing 5 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1945 Algiers, Morocco - 2007 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos.
Following is an obituary of Herbert Singleton by Doug MacCash, August 2, 2007 from The Times-Picaynne newspaper, Greater New Orleans. Herbert "Coon" Singleton, internationally known folk artist, died... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of Herbert Singleton by Doug MacCash, August 2, 2007 from The Times-Picaynne newspaper, Greater New Orleans. Herbert "Coon" Singleton, internationally known folk artist, died July 25 of lung cancer at Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center. He was 62. Born and raised in... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of Herbert Singleton by Doug MacCash, August 2, 2007 from The Times-Picaynne newspaper, Greater New Orleans. Herbert "Coon" Singleton, internationally known folk artist, died July 25 of lung cancer at Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center. He was 62. Born and raised in Algiers, Singleton earned a living as a construction worker, working on structures such as the Mississippi River Bridge. In the early 1970s, he began carving the stumps of fallen trees into front-porch... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of Herbert Singleton by Doug MacCash, August 2, 2007 from The Times-Picaynne newspaper, Greater New Orleans. Herbert "Coon" Singleton, internationally known folk artist, died July 25 of lung cancer at Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center. He was 62. Born and raised in Algiers, Singleton earned a living as a construction worker, working on structures such as the Mississippi River Bridge. In the early 1970s, he began carving the stumps of fallen trees into front-porch totems and branches into ceremonial canes. By the 1980s, his carvings caught the attention of local art collectors as his work became more complicated and political. Using only a hammer and chisel, he transformed discarded chifforobe panels into symbolic... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of Herbert Singleton by Doug MacCash, August 2, 2007 from The Times-Picaynne newspaper, Greater New Orleans. Herbert "Coon" Singleton, internationally known folk artist, died July 25 of lung cancer at Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center. He was 62. Born and raised in Algiers, Singleton earned a living as a construction worker, working on structures such as the Mississippi River Bridge. In the early 1970s, he began carving the stumps of fallen trees into front-porch totems and branches into ceremonial canes. By the 1980s, his carvings caught the attention of local art collectors as his work became more complicated and political. Using only a hammer and chisel, he transformed discarded chifforobe panels into symbolic friezes, depicting biblical scenes, Voodoo icons and second-line parades. He also frequently depicted the poverty, drug abuse and viol... Read full biography
Herbert "Coon" Singleton - Artist Info
About Herbert "Coon" Singleton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsHigh Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 CAMP ST
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130