American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
Mailing: 1414 Avenue of The Americas
New York City, NY 10023
Mailing: 1414 Avenue of The Americas
New York City, NY 10023
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Museums page for Sybil Deyarmon Gibson ((1908 - 1995)), known for Naive figure, multiple portrait. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
Sybil Deyarmon Gibson MUSEUMS
1908 Dora, Alabama - 1995. Known for: Naive figure, multiple portrait.
Born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, she is regarded as an Outsider Artist. Despite being the daughter of a successful coalmine operator, she spent the vast majority of her life in poverty. Sybil... Read full biography
Born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, she is regarded as an Outsider Artist. Despite being the daughter of a successful coalmine operator, she spent the vast majority of her life in poverty. Sybil studied at Jacksonville State Teachers College, earning a B.S. in elementary education and eventually... Read full biography
Born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, she is regarded as an Outsider Artist. Despite being the daughter of a successful coalmine operator, she spent the vast majority of her life in poverty. Sybil studied at Jacksonville State Teachers College, earning a B.S. in elementary education and eventually became an elementary school teacher. She moved from Alabama to Florida in the 1940s. Sybil did not lead a happy life. It is evident that her marriage failed not once, but twice and she left her only... Read full biography
Born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, she is regarded as an Outsider Artist. Despite being the daughter of a successful coalmine operator, she spent the vast majority of her life in poverty. Sybil studied at Jacksonville State Teachers College, earning a B.S. in elementary education and eventually became an elementary school teacher. She moved from Alabama to Florida in the 1940s. Sybil did not lead a happy life. It is evident that her marriage failed not once, but twice and she left her only daughter to be raised by her parents. She was struck with the urge to create at the age of 50. With no training and no previous inclination toward painting, she started with the materials at hand; grocery bags and powdered tempera. Through the next... Read full biography
Born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, she is regarded as an Outsider Artist. Despite being the daughter of a successful coalmine operator, she spent the vast majority of her life in poverty. Sybil studied at Jacksonville State Teachers College, earning a B.S. in elementary education and eventually became an elementary school teacher. She moved from Alabama to Florida in the 1940s. Sybil did not lead a happy life. It is evident that her marriage failed not once, but twice and she left her only daughter to be raised by her parents. She was struck with the urge to create at the age of 50. With no training and no previous inclination toward painting, she started with the materials at hand; grocery bags and powdered tempera. Through the next thirty-five years she used these materials to create haunting images. Painting for Sybil was a compu... Read full biography
Sybil Deyarmon Gibson - Artist Info
About Sybil Deyarmon Gibson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsBirmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Fayette Art Museum
Fayette Civic Center
530 Temple Avenue North
Fayette, AL 35555Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
30 Atlanta Street, N.E.
Marietta, GA 30060New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024