Jean Ellen Jones research material on Lizzie Wilkerson
name: label: Creator
content: Jones, Jean Ellen, 1942-
label: Names
content: Georgia State University
label: Names
content: Wilkerson, Lizzie, 1900-1984
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Georgia
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Georgia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Self-taught artists
label: Topic
content: Watercolorists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Jean Ellen Jones research material on Lizzie Wilkerson was donated to the Archives of American Art by Jean Ellen Jones in 1986 and 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jones, Jean Ellen, 1942-
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content: Jean Ellen Jones research material on Lizzie Wilkerson
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Jean Ellen Jones research material on African American artist Lizzie Wilkerson measures 0.2 linear feet and date from 1978 to 1984. The collection includes printed material, photographic material, and a video recording, Everything That Grows and Moves: The Art of Lizzie Wilkerson.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jean Ellen Jones is an art historian in Atlanta, Georgia. She taught at Georgia State University and curated a traveling exhibition of Lizzie Wilkerson's work for the Georgia State University Art Gallery in 1983.

Lizzie Wilkerson (1895-1984) was an African American self-taught artist. She worked as a share-cropper and a maid and began painting at the age of 77. She worked primarily in watercolor and pen to create images depicting farm animals, crops, fish, Bible stories, and spiritual matters. Her work is held in collections at the American Folk Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the High Museum of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jonejean
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in two series.

Series 1: Printed Material, 1983-1984 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 2: Photographic Material, 1978-1983 (Box 1; 3 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2018 with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Jean Ellen Jones research material on African American artist Lizzie Wilkerson measures 0.2 linear feet and date from 1978 to 1984. The collection includes printed material, photographic material, and a video recording, Everything That Grows and Moves: The Art of Lizzie Wilkerson. 

Printed Material includes photocopies of clippings, an exhibition catalog from the 1983 Georgia State University Art Gallery exhibition curated by Jean Ellen Jones, and cards with reproductions of Wilkerson's work. Photographic material includes a black and white portrait of Lizzie Wilkerson and color slides of her work.