Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
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1906 - 1990. Known for: Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes.
Willie Massey was born in 1906. He was a self-taught artist from Kentucky who spent his life as a tenant dairy farmer. He made only utilitarian objects before his wife's death in 1955. After, he... Read full biography
Willie Massey was born in 1906. He was a self-taught artist from Kentucky who spent his life as a tenant dairy farmer. He made only utilitarian objects before his wife's death in 1955. After, he began to make sculptures, which he called "tricks". Massey fashioned animals and birds, farm equipment,... Read full biography
Willie Massey was born in 1906. He was a self-taught artist from Kentucky who spent his life as a tenant dairy farmer. He made only utilitarian objects before his wife's death in 1955. After, he began to make sculptures, which he called "tricks". Massey fashioned animals and birds, farm equipment, birdhouses and airplanes from found objects and repurposed material. He would also buy stretched canvases and paint on the backs to create pre-made frames for his images. Massey is probably best known... Read full biography
Willie Massey was born in 1906. He was a self-taught artist from Kentucky who spent his life as a tenant dairy farmer. He made only utilitarian objects before his wife's death in 1955. After, he began to make sculptures, which he called "tricks". Massey fashioned animals and birds, farm equipment, birdhouses and airplanes from found objects and repurposed material. He would also buy stretched canvases and paint on the backs to create pre-made frames for his images. Massey is probably best known for his birdhouses, his wingless birds made from aluminum foil painted with enamel, and his airplanes. He died in 1990 as a result of burns suffered in a fire in his home. In 1998 Massey's art was featured in the exhibition African-American Folk Art... Read full biography
Willie Massey was born in 1906. He was a self-taught artist from Kentucky who spent his life as a tenant dairy farmer. He made only utilitarian objects before his wife's death in 1955. After, he began to make sculptures, which he called "tricks". Massey fashioned animals and birds, farm equipment, birdhouses and airplanes from found objects and repurposed material. He would also buy stretched canvases and paint on the backs to create pre-made frames for his images. Massey is probably best known for his birdhouses, his wingless birds made from aluminum foil painted with enamel, and his airplanes. He died in 1990 as a result of burns suffered in a fire in his home. In 1998 Massey's art was featured in the exhibition African-American Folk Art in Kentucky at the Kentucky Folk Art Center . His work is included in many permanent collections, including the Birmingham Museum of Art,... Read full biography
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Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Georgia. Born 1932
Memory paintings
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
United States. 20th century
Painting
United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Alabama. Born 1951
Large scale abstract metal sculpture and painting
Alabama. Born 1972
Naive, outsider painting
Georgia. 1945 - 2009
Naive, folk art painting
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Alabama. 1934 - 1985
Naive ethnic figure
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Mississippi. Born 1958
Naive religious activity
Alabama. 1930 - 2004
Painting/ sculpture
Georgia. 1916 - 1999
Sculpture-face jugs
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
Louisiana. 1959 - 2004
Mod naive urban genre
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Illinois, Alabama. 1901 - 1990
Naive style genre, animal and portrait painting, totemic sculpture
New York, Michigan / Israel. Born 1931
Naive religio-historical views, folk art painting
Georgia. 1908 - 1988
Naive-imagery, drawings, hallucination art from found objects, rocks
Mississippi. 1922 - 2003
Folk carver-fanciful images, religion
Kentucky. 1931 - 2012
Folk art
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Kentucky. Born 1935
Wood carving of folk, religous and historic figures, outsider art
United States. 1908 - 1995
Sculpture
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South Carolina. 1906 - 1985
Naive style figure, portrait and genre regionalist painting