Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
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1928 Dallas, Georgia - 1994. Known for: Sculpture-ethnic subjects.
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then you'd made progress." Bessie attended school through the fourth grade, then went to work as a domestic. She married Charles Harvey at the age of fourteen, so she was no longer a economic burden to her family. Bessie stayed married to Harvey into her... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then you'd made progress." Bessie attended school through the fourth grade, then went to work as a domestic. She married Charles Harvey at the age of fourteen, so she was no longer a economic burden to her family. Bessie stayed married to Harvey into her early twenties. They separated and she independently moved away, eventually settling in Alcoa, Tennessee with their five children. There she conti... Read full biography
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United States. Born 1955
Painting
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
South Carolina, New York. 1911 - 1990
Naive figure-genre-outsider art
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Mississippi. 1922 - 2003
Folk carver-fanciful images, religion
North Carolina. 1904 - 1998
Naive sculpture
Louisiana. 1959 - 2004
Mod naive urban genre
Nebraska, Arizona / Italy. 1913 - 2002
Naive figure and genre painting
New Mexico. 1910 - 1991
Sculptor, folk art, naive sketches
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
West Virginia. 1901 - 1995
Naive sculpture, drawing
South Carolina, Maryland. 1944 - 2020
Post modern symbolism, folk art
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
Alabama. Born 1972
Naive, outsider painting
Georgia. 1896 - 1987
Painting and sculpture
United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
Virginia, Pennsylvania. 1889 - 1985
Folk art figure wood carvings
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
Alabama. 1908 - 1995
Naive figure, multiple portrait
United States. Born 1940
Paintings
Alabama. 1930 - 2004
Painting/ sculpture
Tennessee. 1903 - 1976
Folk art wood carving-figure, wildlife
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Alabama. 1950 - 2018
Naive animal, figure