Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
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1914 Memphis, Tennessee - 2005. Known for: Found object folk art sculpture.
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same house his entire life, a small urban home squeezed between a car wash and a privacy wall. His garden was his pride and joy and he loved gardening. One day his nephew told him he could scare away the birds if he made eyes in a bucket with a... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same house his entire life, a small urban home squeezed between a car wash and a privacy wall. His garden was his pride and joy and he loved gardening. One day his nephew told him he could scare away the birds if he made eyes in a bucket with a screwdriver. Starting in 1965, he created objects of art from discarded punctured pans, metal lids, washtubs, coffeepots, shoe soles, hoses—an... Read full biography
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United States. Born 1943
Painting
New York. 1934 - 2005
Naive views
Georgia. 1908 - 1988
Naive-imagery, drawings, hallucination art from found objects, rocks
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
Mississippi, Tennessee. 1900 - 1996
Naive genre painting
Kentucky. 1912 - 1991
Folk art painting and carving
United States. 20th Century
Sculpture
Louisiana. Born 1959
Modernist-leaning landscape, naive abstraction
Georgia. 1928 - 1994
Sculpture-ethnic subjects
Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Mississippi. 1904 - 1994
Naive figure, assemblage sculpture
Georgia. 1896 - 1987
Painting and sculpture
United States. 1920 - 1997
Sculpture
Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
Georgia. Born 1966
Naive, folk art painting
Nebraska, Arizona / Italy. 1913 - 2002
Naive figure and genre painting
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Georgia, Louisiana. 1929 - 2003
Folk art
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
Pennsylvania. 1916 - 1993
Naive rural views
United States. Born 1955
Painting
United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Louisiana, Mississippi. 1908 - 2000
Primitive-mod views
North Carolina. 1943 - 2014
Decorative painting and sculpture, yard art, miniatures
Georgia. 1945 - 2009
Naive, folk art painting
Kentucky. Born 1935
Wood carving of folk, religous and historic figures, outsider art
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Florida. Born 1960
African-American genre, figure, whimsical, religious themes, outsider art