J. B. Murray drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Murry, J. B. (John B.), 1908-1988
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Georgia
label: Topic
content: Artists with disabilities
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by J. B. Murray.
creator: label: Creator
content: Murry, J. B. (John B.), 1908-1988
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Visionary artist from Athens, Georgia. Birthdate also cited as 1907. Also known as J.B. Murry. Raised in rural central Georgia. Untrained as an artist, he began drawing and painting when a dislocated hip forced him to retire from farming. Although unable to read and write in English, he developed his own codified use of colors and improvised script, called "spirit script," which he incorporated in his paintings as a visual element and which only he could translate. His work has been included in several Southern exhibitions of Black isolated artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.murrj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3667 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two ballpoint pen and felt-tip pen drawings by J. B. Murray.