Outsider Artist Thornton Dial Dead at 87

Photo: Matthew Arnett. Sarah Cascone, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Thornton Dial, a prominent outsider artist from Emelle, Alabama, is dead at 87, the Associated Press reports. Dial had previously suffered from numerous strokes, but the cause of death has not yet been identified. Born to African American sharecroppers in 1928, Dial was self-taught as an artist, creating paintings and sculptures from …

Marlon James-Jamaican Visual Artist

  Marlon James was born in Kingston in 1980. In 1998, he began his studies at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.  While majoring in sculpture he discovered his passion for photography and chose to dedicate all his free electives in that direction.  Under the tutelage of Donette Zacca, he began …

Jamaican artist in the Louvre

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican artist Andrae Green, trained at the Edna Manley College of the Visual Arts, has seen one of his works recently accepted by the Louvre Museum in Paris for the 152nd international three-day “salon” of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in December. www.masslive.com’s recent feature on Green says the artist likes …

Letter From Birmingham Jail by Joseph Holston – Serigraph

SOLD Letter From Birmingham Jail by Joseph Holston Serigraph Signed by the artist Size 22″ x 30″ JOSEPH HOLSTON is an American painter and printmaker who works from his studio in Takoma Park, Maryland. His first solo museum exhibition in 1975, at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, received excellent critical reviews. Since then his …

SOLD – Flowers Store by Andrew Turner

SOLD Flowers Store by Andrew Turner Size 12″ x 15″ Approx Andrew Turner was born in l944 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Andrew’s work has been widely acclaimed, with many solo exhibitions and participation in group exhibitions. He has taught art in grades K-1 2 in …

SOLD – Dark Sweet Night by Andrew Turner

SOLD Dark Sweet Night by Andrew Turner Original Acrylic on Board Size 36″ x 44″ Approx Andrew Turner was born in l944 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Andrew’s work has been widely acclaimed, with many solo exhibitions and participation in group exhibitions. He has taught art in grades …

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Vanessa by Elizabeth Catlett

  SOLD Vanessa by Elizabeth Catlett Serigraph signed and numbered by artist Edition size 90 Size 9 1/2 ” x 31″ Elizabeth Catlett  was an African-American graphic artist and sculptor best known for her depictions of the African-American experience in the 20th century, which often had the female experience as their focus. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C. …

SOLD – Little Girl Seated by Andrew Turner

  Price SOLD Little Girl Seated by Andrew Turner Original Acrylic on Canvas Size 4″ x 3″ Approx Andrew Turner was born in l944 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Andrew’s work has been widely acclaimed, with many solo exhibitions and participation in group exhibitions. He has …

Sharecropper by Elizabeth Catlett

Sharecropper by Elizabeth Catlett Hand-colored linoleum block print Signed and Numbered by Artist Size 18″ x 17″ Approx Sharecropper reveals Elizabeth Catlett’s lifelong concern for the oppressed and the dignity of women. The print focuses on a female farm worker whose face, made rough and leathery by years of toil, is nonetheless determined and commanding. …