Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
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1900 Northern Italy - 1996 Salyersville, Kentucky. Known for: Naive fantasy often religious painting, folk art.
Born to German parents in Northern Italy in 1922, Hugo Sperger was from a family, which immigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1929. The family farmed in upstate New York. After serving in the... Read full biography
Born to German parents in Northern Italy in 1922, Hugo Sperger was from a family, which immigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1929. The family farmed in upstate New York. After serving in the Pacific in World War II, Hugo found factory work in Michigan and Indiana. He eventually met and... Read full biography
Born to German parents in Northern Italy in 1922, Hugo Sperger was from a family, which immigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1929. The family farmed in upstate New York. After serving in the Pacific in World War II, Hugo found factory work in Michigan and Indiana. He eventually met and married Faye Reed and moved to her home community near Salyersville. Sperger was diagnosed with cancer in 1970 and battled it for the rest of his life. Faye eventually bought Hugo some paints to help... Read full biography
Born to German parents in Northern Italy in 1922, Hugo Sperger was from a family, which immigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1929. The family farmed in upstate New York. After serving in the Pacific in World War II, Hugo found factory work in Michigan and Indiana. He eventually met and married Faye Reed and moved to her home community near Salyersville. Sperger was diagnosed with cancer in 1970 and battled it for the rest of his life. Faye eventually bought Hugo some paints to help keep him occupied. He produced hundreds of paintings and woodcarvings covering an outstanding array of subject matter. Sperger’s work began to gain attention in the mid-1980s and was subsequently included in several important exhibitions and has been... Read full biography
Born to German parents in Northern Italy in 1922, Hugo Sperger was from a family, which immigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1929. The family farmed in upstate New York. After serving in the Pacific in World War II, Hugo found factory work in Michigan and Indiana. He eventually met and married Faye Reed and moved to her home community near Salyersville. Sperger was diagnosed with cancer in 1970 and battled it for the rest of his life. Faye eventually bought Hugo some paints to help keep him occupied. He produced hundreds of paintings and woodcarvings covering an outstanding array of subject matter. Sperger’s work began to gain attention in the mid-1980s and was subsequently included in several important exhibitions and has been written about extensively. Source: . Hugo Spencer, Outreach Kentucky Folk Art Center Featured Artists, Webs... Read full biography
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United States. 1908 - 1995
Sculpture
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
New York / Austria. 1917 - 2004
Folk art motif (Statue of Liberty)
Kentucky. 1912 - 1991
Folk art painting and carving
Kentucky. 1906 - 1991
Naive religious, sculptor
Missouri. 1927 - 2010
Naive narrative
Alabama. 1950 - 2018
Naive animal, figure
Virginia. 1915 - 2000
Naive figure, outsider art, murals
Kentucky. Born 1935
Wood carving of folk, religous and historic figures, outsider art
Kentucky. 20th Century
Folk art sculpture
Kentucky. 1931 - 2012
Folk art
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
Kentucky. Born 1929
Sculpture
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Mississippi. 1922 - 2003
Folk carver-fanciful images, religion
South Carolina, Maryland. 1944 - 2020
Post modern symbolism, folk art
United States. 20th century
Painting
Alabama. 1930 - 2004
Painting/ sculpture
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
North Carolina. 1904 - 1998
Naive sculpture
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
Kentucky. 1904 - 1984
Sculptor-folk art figures
Georgia. 1896 - 1987
Painting and sculpture
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Louisiana. 1957 - 2000
Naive figure, word play
North Carolina. 1931 - 1999
Naive high colored yard-art sculpture
New York, Michigan / Israel. Born 1931
Naive religio-historical views, folk art painting
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Georgia. 1931 - 2017
Painting
Florida, Arkansas. Born 1938
Abstract portrait masks on metal, wood or tin, painting