Gertrude Morgan (1900 - 1980)

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Gertrude Morgan

Sister Gertrude Morgan was a self-taught African-American artist, musician, poet and preacher. Sister Morgan achieved critical acclaim during her lifetime for her folk art paintings. Her work has been included in many groundbreaking exhibitions of visionary and folk art from the 1970s onwards.

Similar to other self-taught artists, Sister Morgan used simple forms to depict the human figure. Her works are characterized by their lack of the use of formal techniques such as perspective and definition of light and shadow, giving them a flat, two dimensional quality. She painted and drew using acrylics, tempera, ballpoint pen, watercolors, crayon, colored and lead pencils and felt tip markers. Using inexpensive materials she had at hand, Sister Morgan painted on paper, toilet rolls, plastic pitchers, paper megaphones, scrap wood, lampshades, paper fans and styrofoam trays. The fact that she was self-taught, coupled with her choice of materials as well as her style and subject matter have led her to be characterized as a naive, folk, visionary, vernacular and outsider artist.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:7 april 1900, Lafayette, USA
Date and place of death:8 july 1980, New Orleans, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Preacher
Art style:Primitivism, Folk Art, Naïve art, African-American Art

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Walter Launt Palmer (1854 - 1932)
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Peter Beard (1938 - 2020)
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Suzie Zuzek (1920 - 2011)
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Timur Si-Qin (1984)
Timur Si-Qin
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Jeanne Dunning (1960)
Jeanne Dunning
1960
Moira Dryer (1957 - 1993)
Moira Dryer
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Guy Mattison Davenport (1927 - 2005)
Guy Mattison Davenport
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Hannah Borger Overbeck (1870 - 1931)
Hannah Borger Overbeck
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Louis Faurer (1916 - 2001)
Louis Faurer
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James Earle Fraser (1876 - 1953)
James Earle Fraser
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William Victor Higgins (1884 - 1949)
William Victor Higgins
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Anna Mary Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961)
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Andreas Feininger (1906 - 1999)
Andreas Feininger
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Irma Rothstein (1906 - 1971)
Irma Rothstein
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Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939)
Frank Tenney Johnson
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Wendell Castle (1932 - 2018)
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Creators African-American Art

Winthrop Chandler (1747 - 1790)
Winthrop Chandler
1747 - 1790
Edgardo Mannucci (1904 - 1986)
Edgardo Mannucci
1904 - 1986
John Sowell (1864 - 1951)
John Sowell
1864 - 1951
Francisco Matto (1911 - 1995)
Francisco Matto
1911 - 1995
Séraphine Louis (1864 - 1942)
Séraphine Louis
1864 - 1942
Yukultji Napangati (1971)
Yukultji Napangati
1971
Curt Mühlenhaupt (1921 - 2006)
Curt Mühlenhaupt
1921 - 2006
Karel Appel (1921 - 2006)
Karel Appel
1921 - 2006
Joseph Elmer Yoakum (1890 - 1972)
Joseph Elmer Yoakum
1890 - 1972
Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000)
Jacob Lawrence
1917 - 2000
Wonder Luke (1958)
Wonder Luke
1958
William Matthew Prior (1806 - 1873)
William Matthew Prior
1806 - 1873
Joan Miró (1893 - 1983)
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Carlo Zinelli (1916 - 1974)
Carlo Zinelli
1916 - 1974
Joe Overstreet (1933 - 2019)
Joe Overstreet
1933 - 2019
Paul Wyss (1875 - 1952)
Paul Wyss
1875 - 1952
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