movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
outsider art 18 october 1982 vinings , georgia fayette , georgia american painting , photography , collage , sculpture 04 july 1900 nellie mae rowe
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nellie mae rowe

nellie mae rowe -lrb- july 4 , 1900 -- october 18 , 1982 -rrb- was an african-american self-taught artist from fayette , 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 .
rowe is now recognized as one of the most important american folk artists .
her work is held in numerous collections , including at the following museums : the american folk art museum in new york city , the high museum of art in atlanta , georgia , the milwaukee art museum in milwaukee , wisconsin , the museum of international folk art in santa fe , new mexico , the smithsonian american art museum in washington , d.c. , the schomburg center for research in black culture in new york city , and the studio museum in new york city .
