Videos and slides on Dilmus Hall, Mary T. Smith, and J.B. Murry

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Videos and slides on Dilmus Hall, Mary T. Smith, and J.B. Murry

circa 1984-1986

The videos and slides on African American folk artists Dilmus Hall, Mary T. Smith, and J.B. Murry measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1984 to 1986. The collection includes recorded interviews conducted by art historian Judith McWillie with the artists about their lives and work, and color slides of Dilmus Hall and Mary T. Smith with their work.

0.4 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8277419

Archives of American Art

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Hall, Dilmus, 1900-1987.

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McWillie, Judith

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Judith McWillie is an artist, author, and professor. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Memphis State University and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University. She is professor emeritus of drawing and painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, Ga. Much of her work centers on African American artists. As an artist, her paintings and photographs have been in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of locations throughout the United States and Europe, inc...

Murry, J. B. (John B.), 1908-1988

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Visionary artist; 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 disabled in 1975. Although illiterate, he developed his own "script" which he incorporated in his paintings as a visual element (no one can read it). His work has been included in several Southern exhibitions of Black isolated artists. From the description of J. B. Murray drawing...

Lasswell, Mary, 1905-1994

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Writer. From the description of Lasswell, Mary, papers, 1880-1984. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23013206 ...