Nellie Mae Rowe (1900 - 1982)

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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

Brian Andreas (1956)
Brian Andreas
1956
Todd Webb (1905 - 2000)
Todd Webb
1905 - 2000
Damian Loeb (1970)
Damian Loeb
1970
Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976)
Mark Tobey
1890 - 1976
Charles Fazzino (1955)
Charles Fazzino
1955
Frank Benson (1862 - 1951)
Frank Benson
1862 - 1951
Lee Miller (1907 - 1977)
Lee Miller
1907 - 1977
Peter Golfinopoulos (1928)
Peter Golfinopoulos
1928
T. J. Wilcox (1968)
T. J. Wilcox
1968
Richard Rappaport (1944)
Richard Rappaport
1944
Alfred Jensen (1903 - 1981)
Alfred Jensen
1903 - 1981
Paolo Icaro (1936)
Paolo Icaro
1936
William Gropper (1897 - 1977)
William Gropper
1897 - 1977
Hiro (Yasuhiro) Wakabayashi (1930 - 2021)
Hiro (Yasuhiro) Wakabayashi
1930 - 2021
Mcarthur Binion (1946)
Mcarthur Binion
1946
Rita Ackermann (1968)
Rita Ackermann
1968

Creators African-American Art

Lyubov Mikhailovna Maykova (1899 - 1998)
Lyubov Mikhailovna Maykova
1899 - 1998
Sava Sekulić (1902 - 1989)
Sava Sekulić
1902 - 1989
Henry Speller (1900 - 1997)
Henry Speller
1900 - 1997
Tschabalala Self (1990)
Tschabalala Self
1990
Eddie Arning (1898 - 1993)
Eddie Arning
1898 - 1993
Jack Micheline (1929 - 1998)
Jack Micheline
1929 - 1998
Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944)
Hilma af Klint
1862 - 1944
Rufus Hathaway (1770 - 1822)
Rufus Hathaway
1770 - 1822
Hawkins Bolden (1914 - 2005)
Hawkins Bolden
1914 - 2005
Jean Hugo (1894 - 1984)
Jean Hugo
1894 - 1984
Frederick Joseph Yates (1922 - 2008)
Frederick Joseph Yates
1922 - 2008
Vasily Sitnikov (1915 - 1987)
Vasily Sitnikov
1915 - 1987
Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910)
Henri Rousseau
1844 - 1910
Franz Kamlander (1920 - 1999)
Franz Kamlander
1920 - 1999
Henry Munyaradzi (1931 - 1998)
Henry Munyaradzi
1931 - 1998
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (1881 - 1964)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov
1881 - 1964
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