Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
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1908 Glascock County, Georgia - 1988. Known for: Naive-imagery, drawings, hallucination art from found objects, rocks.
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of Georgia. Sometime later, in the late 1970s, Murray began what would become one of the most remarkable and unlikely art “careers” in the southern vernacular field. Murray suffered from hallucinations, and that affliction (which later caused him to be... Read full biography
John B. Murray. Sandersville, Georgia. "The Handwriting on the Wall". By William Arnett. John Bunion (“J.B.”) Murray (often spelled “Murry”) was born in 1908 in a remote community in Glascock County in central Georgia. Tenant farming was his only known occupation. He was in his fifties when his wife left him. She had borne eleven children, but they too were gone by that time, leaving Murray alone in a small shack on barely arable land, in virtual isolation in one of the most remote sections of Georgia. Sometime later, in the late 1970s, Murray began what would become one of the most remarkable and unlikely art “careers” in the southern vernacular field. Murray suffered from hallucinations, and that affliction (which later caused him to be institutionalized briefly) may have been the impetus for his earliest creations. He distrusted people who did not believe in God... Read full biography
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B. Murry. Dbl-Side Painting with Strong Central Images & Spirit Writing
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Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
United States. 1923 - 1993
Sculpture--face jugs
Georgia. 1945 - 2009
Naive, folk art painting
California. Born 1951
Folk art
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
New Mexico. 1897 - 1964
Iconic Indian motif wood carved figures, folk art
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Georgia. 1900 - 1982
Collage, assemblages and colored pencil images of dreams, animals, landscape
Louisiana. 1898 - 1997
Folk art sculpture, painting, yard art
Kentucky. Born 1929
Sculpture
Kentucky. Born 1935
Wood carving of folk, religous and historic figures, outsider art
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Idaho. Born 1946
Quirky assemblages, finger painting, unique T-shirt designs
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
Mississippi. 1904 - 1994
Naive figure, assemblage sculpture
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
Mississippi. 1922 - 2003
Folk carver-fanciful images, religion
North Carolina. 1904 - 1998
Naive sculpture
Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
Alabama. Born 1972
Naive, outsider painting
West Virginia. 1901 - 1995
Naive sculpture, drawing
South Carolina, New York. 1918 - 1971
Sculptur-figure