Abby A Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
301 South Nassau Street
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
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Museums page for Mattie Lou O'Kelley ((1908 - 1997)), known for Pointillist folk art image painting, landscape, farmlife, animals, figures and portraits. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1908 Banks County, Georgia - 1997 Decatur, Georgia. Known for: Pointillist folk art image painting, landscape, farmlife, animals, figures and portraits.
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never married and lived alone after her mother died. Her work became highly sought after.... Read full biography
Born to a Banks County, Georgia farm family, she was the epitome of a folk artist--naive, reclusive and tied to a rural background. She grew up in a large farm family and her paintings, primarily landscapes and an occasional portrait, reflect this background. She was age 50 before she began to paint and worked on canvas in a tight style suggestive of pointillism with tapestry-like surface. Her themes are harvest, birth and death, local festivities--simple pleasures of rural life. She never married and lived alone after her mother died. Her work became highly sought after.... Read full biography
Mattie Lou O'Kelley - Artist Info
About Mattie Lou O'Kelley: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsAmerican Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
Mailing: 1414 Avenue of The Americas
New York City, NY 10023High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306