Nellie Mae Rowe (1900 - 1982)
1900-07-04Fayetteville, USA1982-10-18Fayetteville, USAUSA
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 |
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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 |