Illinois, California. 1939 - 2021
Drawing, funk figure-faces, "Hairy Who," imagist, sculpture, drawing
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1886 Window Rock, Arizona - 1972. Known for: Naive dream-landscape, outsider art.
The story of how the art of Joseph Yoakum first came to the public eye begins with a window, just as his life begins at Window Rock, Arizona, 'where I were born' as one of his titles says. As if his... Read full biography
The story of how the art of Joseph Yoakum first came to the public eye begins with a window, just as his life begins at Window Rock, Arizona, 'where I were born' as one of his titles says. As if his whole life was set to be a metaphor where every stone wall had a window to escape through. From his... Read full biography
The story of how the art of Joseph Yoakum first came to the public eye begins with a window, just as his life begins at Window Rock, Arizona, 'where I were born' as one of his titles says. As if his whole life was set to be a metaphor where every stone wall had a window to escape through. From his own words, his story begins when he ran away, and in time his feet walked every continent except Antarctica, from circus to circus, from town to town, from job to job. He loved to name the names of... Read full biography
The story of how the art of Joseph Yoakum first came to the public eye begins with a window, just as his life begins at Window Rock, Arizona, 'where I were born' as one of his titles says. As if his whole life was set to be a metaphor where every stone wall had a window to escape through. From his own words, his story begins when he ran away, and in time his feet walked every continent except Antarctica, from circus to circus, from town to town, from job to job. He loved to name the names of those places, when he told of those travels. But in 1967 Joseph Yoakum, age 79 (or 81, depending on your source) found himself living alone in a tiny store front on 82nd Street near Stony Island Avenue in Chicago. He had hit the stone wall of age. 'A... Read full biography
The story of how the art of Joseph Yoakum first came to the public eye begins with a window, just as his life begins at Window Rock, Arizona, 'where I were born' as one of his titles says. As if his whole life was set to be a metaphor where every stone wall had a window to escape through. From his own words, his story begins when he ran away, and in time his feet walked every continent except Antarctica, from circus to circus, from town to town, from job to job. He loved to name the names of those places, when he told of those travels. But in 1967 Joseph Yoakum, age 79 (or 81, depending on your source) found himself living alone in a tiny store front on 82nd Street near Stony Island Avenue in Chicago. He had hit the stone wall of age. 'A middle class black community. A decent neighborhood,' says a neighbor. But Yoakum didn't feel safe on the streets at night. He had to stay in the small... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Mt. Alpha of Brooks Range Near Wiseman, Alaska U.S.A
Mt. Alpha of Brooks Range Near Wiseman, Alaska U.S.A
Joseph E YoakumMt. Alpha of Brooks Range Near Wiseman, Alaska U.S.A
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Mt. McKinley Near Petersville, Alaska
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The Junction Point of South Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean Near Delfulgo, Argentina and Pairgona.
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Alabama. 1854 - 1947
Folk art painting
Kentucky. 1895 - 1990
Folk art painting and found object sculpture
Texas. 1898 - 1993
Cray-pas naive genre, figure and floral painting
Idaho. 1899 - 1977
Found object collage, outsider art
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South Carolina. 1906 - 1985
Naive style figure, portrait and genre regionalist painting
Wisconsin. Born 1942
Magic realist painter of environmental themes
California / Mexico. 1895 - 1963
Outsider art, naive figure and animal paintings, drawings, collage
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Illinois. 1908 - 1994
Outsider art self portrait painting and mixed media
Louisiana. 1900 - 1980
Folk genre and religious theme painting, calligraphy, teaching
Illinois. Born 1953
Naive classical figure and portrait painting
Illinois. 1963 - 2003
Modernist naive urban views, skyscrapers, traffic scenes, pencil drawing and painting
Virginia, Pennsylvania. 1889 - 1985
Folk art figure wood carvings
Illinois. 1939 - 2004
Modernist portrait and figure, illustrator
Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
New Mexico. 1910 - 1991
Sculptor, folk art, naive sketches
North Carolina. 1892 - 1987
Abstract, naive crayon drawing, religious and mystical
Pennsylvania. 1891 - 1977
Mod naive genre, floral, portrait
New York, Michigan / Israel. Born 1931
Naive religio-historical views, folk art painting
Georgia. 1900 - 1982
Collage, assemblages and colored pencil images of dreams, animals, landscape
South Carolina, New York. 1911 - 1990
Naive figure-genre-outsider art
Mississippi. 1904 - 1994
Naive figure, assemblage sculpture
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Ohio, Mississippi. 1892 - 1984
Folk art carvings, narrative, teacher, collaborative art
Georgia, Alabama. 1916 - 2001
Naive religious-words, folk art constructions
California. 1898 - 1993
Naive genre-figure-animal painting
Pennsylvania. 1910 - 1991
Naive mining genre, landscape
California. 1906 - 1999
Outsider art, naive figure
Georgia. 1928 - 1994
Sculpture-ethnic subjects