The Art of Ellis Wilson
Contributors: Albert Sperath (Editor)
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780813109800
Subjects: Black studies; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Fine Arts; Art; Black Art; Individual Painters - 20th Century; Individual Artist; Art & Art Instruction; Exhibitions; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; American - African American; American - African-American; General; Wilson, Ellis,; 1899-1977; African American painting
First sentence: "I WANT TO PAINT ALL THE TIME-everything of interest and beauty!"
Description: "One of Kentucky's most significant African American artists, Wilson graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. He spent five more years in the city before moving to New York, where he lived for the rest of his life. Aside from his participation in the WPA's Federal Arts Project and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he was never able to support himself fully by painting. Yet his work has long been praised for its boldness and individuality.".

"Black workers were a favorite subject: field hands, factory workers, loggers, fishermen, and more. Over time his documentary style gave way to one that empasized shape and color over pure representation. This catalog accompanies the first major retrospective of Wilson's paintings."--BOOK JACKET.