New York, New Jersey. 1909 - 1999
Outsider art, drawings
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1943 Guilford, North Carolina - 2014. Known for: Decorative painting and sculpture, yard art, miniatures.
Benny Carter (1943-2014) grew up in Madison, NC, surrounded by many relatives in a family-oriented, small-town culture where tobacco farming and Baptist religion were important. A 1962 graduate of... Read full biography
Benny Carter (1943-2014) grew up in Madison, NC, surrounded by many relatives in a family-oriented, small-town culture where tobacco farming and Baptist religion were important. A 1962 graduate of Madison-Mayodan High School, he worked for many years as a supervisor at Halstead Metal Products,... Read full biography
Benny Carter (1943-2014) grew up in Madison, NC, surrounded by many relatives in a family-oriented, small-town culture where tobacco farming and Baptist religion were important. A 1962 graduate of Madison-Mayodan High School, he worked for many years as a supervisor at Halstead Metal Products, Inc., in Pine Hall, N.C. Benny began painting in 1991 after he was laid off from his job. He soon made a name for himself in the national and international art world. His paintings, decorative birdhouses,... Read full biography
Benny Carter (1943-2014) grew up in Madison, NC, surrounded by many relatives in a family-oriented, small-town culture where tobacco farming and Baptist religion were important. A 1962 graduate of Madison-Mayodan High School, he worked for many years as a supervisor at Halstead Metal Products, Inc., in Pine Hall, N.C. Benny began painting in 1991 after he was laid off from his job. He soon made a name for himself in the national and international art world. His paintings, decorative birdhouses, clocks, totems, metal sculptures and other works are what some people call outsider art or folk art. Benny preferred the term self-taught artist. His works ranged from finely detailed miniatures to large yard-art pieces. He often used found objects... Read full biography
Benny Carter (1943-2014) grew up in Madison, NC, surrounded by many relatives in a family-oriented, small-town culture where tobacco farming and Baptist religion were important. A 1962 graduate of Madison-Mayodan High School, he worked for many years as a supervisor at Halstead Metal Products, Inc., in Pine Hall, N.C. Benny began painting in 1991 after he was laid off from his job. He soon made a name for himself in the national and international art world. His paintings, decorative birdhouses, clocks, totems, metal sculptures and other works are what some people call outsider art or folk art. Benny preferred the term self-taught artist. His works ranged from finely detailed miniatures to large yard-art pieces. He often used found objects in his art. A favorite theme was the New York City skyline and waterfront, often with the Statue of Liberty. He also depicted Biblic... Read full biography
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Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
United States. Born 1952
Folk art sculpture
Idaho. Born 1946
Quirky assemblages, finger painting, unique T-shirt designs
California / Luxembourg. 1877 - 1964
Naive imaginary landscape
Kentucky. 1904 - 1984
Sculptor-folk art figures
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Nebraska, Arizona / Italy. 1913 - 2002
Naive figure and genre painting
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
United States. 1920 - 1997
Sculpture
West Virginia. 1901 - 1995
Naive sculpture, drawing
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Tennessee. 1903 - 1976
Folk art wood carving-figure, wildlife
Alabama, Florida / Saudi Arabia. 1942 - 2009
Memory paintings of figure and genre sharecroping
Alabama. 1930 - 2004
Painting/ sculpture
North Carolina. 1931 - 1999
Naive high colored yard-art sculpture
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
South Carolina, New York. 1918 - 1971
Sculptur-figure
Pennsylvania. 1921 - 1987
Naive figure, circus animal
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
North Carolina. 1904 - 1998
Naive sculpture
United States. 1919 - 2002
Pottery and clay art using pit-fire method
California, New York / Italy. 1897 - 1984
Woodcuts, naive genre-often violent, painting
Alabama, Louisiana. 1926 - 2014
Naive, folk art style painting, political, racial themes