Nellie Mae Rowe

Nellie Mae Rowe

Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982) was an African-American artist whose work reflected the spirit of her native state of Georgia. Her work contains dream-like imagery.^[1]

Style

Rowe preferred simple materials like crayons, marker pens, pencils, pens, paper, paperboard, egg cartons, and Styrofoam food trays. She enjoyed creating art from recycled objects. African and Afro-Caribbean symbolism such as charms and protective signs are often found in her work. Also found in her work are texts, tracings of her hands and feet, African American cultural figures, images of personal friends, self-portraits, and fanciful creatures.

Famous works

Her work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Library of Congress American Folklife Center in Washington, D.C., and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, New York. Her famous works of art include:^[2]

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  Cat And Bird

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  Visit to the Podiatrist, c. 1980

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  Sunner Time, c. 1979

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  Conversation, c. 1979

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  Untitled (Self-Portrait), c. 1979

References

1. ^ Ogden Museum
2. ^ Foundation for Self-Taught American Artist

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Name	Rowe, Nellie Mae
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Date of birth	1900
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Date of death	1982
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