mississippi visual arts
DESCRIPTION
The Gulf Coast was the first area to produce or to nurture artists.TRANSCRIPT
GEORGE E. OHR
• Potter from Biloxi• His pottery was original and outrageous.• He declared himself “The World’s Greatest Art Potter”
• No one understood him or his pottery• Gave up pottery in 1910 and died in 1918• His stored pottery was found in 1967 by an art dealer.
WALTER ANDERSON
• Artist from Ocean Springs• His family established Shearwater Pottery
• He spent his time on Horn Island• He created hundreds of paintings depicting plants and animals of the Gulf.
• Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs houses dozens of his work
MARY T. SMITH• From Hazlehurst (1904 – 1995)• Painted pictures on her roof and displays her work on fences and buildings in her yard.
• It is common in the African folk culture to display work on fences and buildings.
THEORA HAMBLETT• Born in the town of Paris in Lafayette County in 1895• Known for paintings of nature• Paintings done from child’s point of view• Died in 1977