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

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Frederick Stuart Church
1842 - 1924
Alex Eagleton (1979)
Alex Eagleton
1979
Israel Lund (1968)
Israel Lund
1968
Alison Van Pelt (1963)
Alison Van Pelt
1963
Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000)
Jacob Lawrence
1917 - 2000
Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988)
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
John von Neumann (1903 - 1957)
John von Neumann
1903 - 1957
Francis Davis Millet (1848 - 1912)
Francis Davis Millet
1848 - 1912
Lauren Quin (1992)
Lauren Quin
1992
Kelley Walker (1969)
Kelley Walker
1969
Max Band (1901 - 1974)
Max Band
1901 - 1974
Charles Warren Eaton (1857 - 1937)
Charles Warren Eaton
1857 - 1937
Dorothea Rockburne (1932)
Dorothea Rockburne
1932
Allison Zuckerman (1990)
Allison Zuckerman
1990
Robert Walter Weir (1803 - 1889)
Robert Walter Weir
1803 - 1889
Tomory Dodge (1974)
Tomory Dodge
1974

Creators African-American Art

Sunayani Devi (1875 - 1962)
Sunayani Devi
1875 - 1962
Adolf Dietrich (1877 - 1957)
Adolf Dietrich
1877 - 1957
Tomas Esson (1963)
Tomas Esson
1963
Martin Ramirez (1895 - 1963)
Martin Ramirez
1895 - 1963
Jan Balet (1913 - 2009)
Jan Balet
1913 - 2009
Wosene Worke Kosrof (1950)
Wosene Worke Kosrof
1950
William Matthew Prior (1806 - 1873)
William Matthew Prior
1806 - 1873
Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910)
Henri Rousseau
1844 - 1910
Nikifor Krynicki (1895 - 1968)
Nikifor Krynicki
1895 - 1968
Arthur Dial (1930 - 2021)
Arthur Dial
1930 - 2021
Gaston Teuscher (1903 - 1986)
Gaston Teuscher
1903 - 1986
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Issaev (1891 - 1977)
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Issaev
1891 - 1977
Bessie Harvey (1929 - 1994)
Bessie Harvey
1929 - 1994
George Paul Kornegay (1913 - 2014)
George Paul Kornegay
1913 - 2014
Johann Fischer (1919 - 2008)
Johann Fischer
1919 - 2008
Thomas G. Chambers (1808 - 1869)
Thomas G. Chambers
1808 - 1869