Nellie Mae Rowe (1900 - 1982)

Nellie Mae Rowe (1900 - 1982) - photo 1

Nellie Mae Rowe

Nellie Mae Rowe was an African-American artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered photographs, hand-sewn dolls, home installations and sculptural environments. She was said to have an "instinctive understanding of the relation between color and form." Her work focuses on race, gender, domesticity, African-American folklore, and spiritual traditions.

Date and place of birt:4 july 1900, Fayetteville, USA
Date and place of death:18 october 1982, Fayetteville, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor
Art style:Primitivism, Folk Art, Naïve art, Art brut, African-American Art

Creators USA

Peter Saul (1934)
Peter Saul
1934
Barry McGee (1966)
Barry McGee
1966
Edward Sherriff Curtis (1868 - 1952)
Edward Sherriff Curtis
1868 - 1952
Tom Levine (1945 - 2020)
Tom Levine
1945 - 2020
Elizabeth Gray Overbeck (1875 - 1936)
Elizabeth Gray Overbeck
1875 - 1936
Bruce Conner (1933 - 2008)
Bruce Conner
1933 - 2008
Naum L'vovich Aronson (1872 - 1943)
Naum L'vovich Aronson
1872 - 1943
 Captain Beefheart (1941 - 2010)
Captain Beefheart
1941 - 2010
Ilya Schor (1904 - 1961)
Ilya Schor
1904 - 1961
Dorothy Ianonne (1933 - 2022)
Dorothy Ianonne
1933 - 2022
 KAWS (1974)
KAWS
1974
Walead Beshty (1976)
Walead Beshty
1976
Barbara Kruger (1945)
Barbara Kruger
1945
Salim Al Dabbagh (1941 - 2022)
Salim Al Dabbagh
1941 - 2022
Gregory Warmack (Mr. Imagination) (1948 - 2012)
Gregory Warmack (Mr. Imagination)
1948 - 2012
Bernard Chaet (1924 - 2012)
Bernard Chaet
1924 - 2012

Creators African-American Art

Amanda Watt (1960)
Amanda Watt
1960
Nikifor Krynicki (1895 - 1968)
Nikifor Krynicki
1895 - 1968
Tomas Esson (1963)
Tomas Esson
1963
Jonathan Lyndon Chase (1989)
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
1989
Tyler Ballon (1996)
Tyler Ballon
1996
Josef Karl Rädler (1844 - 1917)
Josef Karl Rädler
1844 - 1917
Niko Pirosmani (1862 - 1918)
Niko Pirosmani
1862 - 1918
Ronald Lockett (1965 - 1998)
Ronald Lockett
1965 - 1998
John Puhiatau Pule (1962)
John Puhiatau Pule
1962
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 - 1976)
Laurence Stephen Lowry
1887 - 1976
Hawkins Bolden (1914 - 2005)
Hawkins Bolden
1914 - 2005
Acharya Vyakul (1930 - 2000)
Acharya Vyakul
1930 - 2000
Hans Jungen (1947)
Hans Jungen
1947
Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
Alberto Giacometti
1901 - 1966
Danny Fox (1986)
Danny Fox
1986
George Paul Kornegay (1913 - 2014)
George Paul Kornegay
1913 - 2014