William Hawkins
paintings
1st ed.
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Contributions
- Ricco, Roger. - Contributor
- Maresca, Frank. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
31,750 words, Guess
Page Count
127 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL709986M
- ISBN-100679450750
- OCLC Control Number37956680
- OCLC Control Numberwilliamhawkinspa00hawk
- Library of Congress Control Number97073824
and 2 more
- Goodreads1194364
- LibraryThing2675431
Classifications
- LCCND237.H36 A4 1997
Description
The first book of paintings - 121 reproductions - by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master, who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five. William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself, he used whatever materials were at hand - glossy enamels (ordinary house paints), large pieces of Masonite, heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously, earning his living as a truck driver, among other things. His intense, wondrous, quirky paintings are filled with images - startling and playful - that derive from an unruly but inspired sense of freedom and humor. Here are wild animals - an elephant with a striped tusk and trunk... a stag, wide-eyed and startled, looking out from a masklike face; cityscapes; historical and modern landmark architecture; images made from photographs; a red Ferris wheel; a short humpbacked creature with a cone hat, a beak, and a single, pasted-on eye.
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- William Hawkins: paintings
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