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Folk Art

Folk Art. Sultan Rogers, Clementine Hunter, Jimmy Lee Sudduth , Mose Toliver. Sultan Rogers (1922– April 5, 2003). Mississippi folk artist He was taught wood carving by his father when he was 13. S pent most of his adult life in Syracuse, NY Retired and moved to Oxford, MS in 1995

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Folk Art

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  1. Folk Art Sultan Rogers,Clementine Hunter, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Toliver

  2. Sultan Rogers(1922– April 5, 2003) • Mississippi folk artist • He was taught wood carving by his father when he was 13. • Spent most of his adult life in Syracuse, NY • Retired and moved to Oxford, MS in 1995 • Primarily carved humans and animals with oversized features

  3. Stooped Man with Cane Cat Couple

  4. Clementine (Clem∙en∙teen) Hunter1887 – January 1, 1988 • Self-taught artist from Louisiana • Worked as a farm hand • Never learned to read or write • Granddaughter of a slave • Her paintings focused on plantation life, picking cotton, picking pecans, washing clothes, baptisms, and funerals • She painted on anything – even discarded items such as window shades, jugs, bottles, cardboard boxes.

  5. Black Jesus Baptism on Cane River

  6. Jimmy Lee Sudduth((March 10, 1910 - September 2, 2007) • Raised near Fayette, Alabama • He used his fingers because “they never wore out” • Usually painted on plywood, doors and boards from demolished buildings • Self-taught • Subject matter was people, architecture, farm scenes, machinery, flowers, animals, religious figures such as Jesus and John the Baptist • Frequently used house paint

  7. Rooster New York City Big Gator

  8. Mose Tolliver (July 4, ca. 1920 – October 30, 2006) • One of 12 children, raised near Montgomery, Alabama • Disabled self-taught folk artist • Probably dyslexic • Signed his work, "Mose T" with a backward "s“ • Painted whimsical pictures of animals, humans, and flora • Painted self-portraits with crutches • Watermelons and birds were familiar themes

  9. Watermelon George Washington

  10. Kalle' Siekkinen New Orleans Bill Hemmerling

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