Lizzie Wilkerson
Lizzie Wilkerson (1895โ1984)
Biography
She was born Lizzie Henderson near Covington, Georgia, the youngest of 21 children.[2] In 1919, she married Dewey Wilkerson, a mechanic, and moved to Atlanta.[2] She never received formal training as an artist and began making art late in life.[3] She worked in watercolor and pen, creating imaginatively detailed and expansive images in which elements of farm life fill the page, often creating an all-over effect reminiscent of textile patterns.[3] She also made some dolls.[4]
Wilkerson's work was little known until the late 1970s, when it surfaced through a
Architect Earnest Hooks Jr.[5] wrote a book that focuses on Wilkerson's life on her family farm and uses her artwork as illustrations.[2] Let's Go See Mother Wilkerson's Farm (2007) is intended for very young children unfamiliar with American farm culture.[6] A second volume came out in 2011.
References
- ^ "Lizzie Wilkerson". Smithsonian Institution website. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Hooks, Ernest, Jr. [1]. Ernest Hooks Jr. Books Collection. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2017.
- ^ a b Malarcher, Patricia. "Crafts: Late Bloomers at Noyes Museum". New York Times, May 11, 1986.
- ^ Wahlman, Maude Southwell. "Religious Symbolism in African-American Quilts". The Clarion, Summer 1989, p. 44.
- ^ Hooks is or was chief executive officer of a Lizzie Wilkerson Foundation, but this foundation appears to be defunct or inactive as of 2017. See "Lizzie Wilkerson Foundation Inc" on Guidestar.org. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2017.
- ^ "Let's Go See Mother Wilkerson's Farm". Ernest Hooks Jr. Books Collection. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2017.
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