Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
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Born 1972 Alabama. Known for: Naive, outsider painting.
Michael Banks, outsider artist with a contemporary style, was born in 1972 to a single mother in a housing project in northern Alabama. His mother encouraged him to make art. He created in obscurity... Read full biography
Michael Banks, outsider artist with a contemporary style, was born in 1972 to a single mother in a housing project in northern Alabama. His mother encouraged him to make art. He created in obscurity until 1992 when his mother died. For five years, Banks fell into a deep depression and could not... Read full biography
Michael Banks, outsider artist with a contemporary style, was born in 1972 to a single mother in a housing project in northern Alabama. His mother encouraged him to make art. He created in obscurity until 1992 when his mother died. For five years, Banks fell into a deep depression and could not paint. It was not until 1997 that Banks recalled his mother’s inspiration, and began the creation of his own unique brand of artwork. A self-taught painter, his work is collected by lovers of self-taught... Read full biography
Michael Banks, outsider artist with a contemporary style, was born in 1972 to a single mother in a housing project in northern Alabama. His mother encouraged him to make art. He created in obscurity until 1992 when his mother died. For five years, Banks fell into a deep depression and could not paint. It was not until 1997 that Banks recalled his mother’s inspiration, and began the creation of his own unique brand of artwork. A self-taught painter, his work is collected by lovers of self-taught art, & by those with an interest in contemporary art. He paints in wild bursts of energy and creates paintings with incredible vibrancy. His abstract figurative paintings are a mixture of folk art, urban street style and early modernism. He paints... Read full biography
Michael Banks, outsider artist with a contemporary style, was born in 1972 to a single mother in a housing project in northern Alabama. His mother encouraged him to make art. He created in obscurity until 1992 when his mother died. For five years, Banks fell into a deep depression and could not paint. It was not until 1997 that Banks recalled his mother’s inspiration, and began the creation of his own unique brand of artwork. A self-taught painter, his work is collected by lovers of self-taught art, & by those with an interest in contemporary art. He paints in wild bursts of energy and creates paintings with incredible vibrancy. His abstract figurative paintings are a mixture of folk art, urban street style and early modernism. He paints creatures and people with misshapen heads and eyes spaced far apart. His colors are deep and he incises the outlines of his form into the tar... Read full biography
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United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
United States. 20th century
Painting
North Carolina. 1904 - 1998
Naive sculpture
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
Mississippi. 1922 - 2003
Folk carver-fanciful images, religion
United States. Born 1955
Painting
Georgia. 1945 - 2009
Naive, folk art painting
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Georgia. 1916 - 1999
Sculpture-face jugs
Mississippi. Born 1958
Naive religious activity
South Carolina, Maryland. 1944 - 2020
Post modern symbolism, folk art
Alabama. 1950 - 2018
Naive animal, figure
Ohio. Born 1961
Naive religious scene, collage
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
Florida. 1949 - 2022
Folk art painting, cartoonish, commercial images with written words, teaching
Pennsylvania. 1921 - 1987
Naive figure, circus animal
New York, Michigan / Israel. Born 1931
Naive religio-historical views, folk art painting
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Kentucky. Born 1935
Wood carving of folk, religous and historic figures, outsider art