- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Preacher
- Creator:
- Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- African Americans in art
Clergy in art
Chairs in art
Art, Modern--20th century
Collage, American--20th century
Art, Modern--20th Century - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
collages (visual works) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Benny Andrews, a native of Plainview, began experimenting with collage as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1950s. His 1994 work Preacher, oil and collage on canvas (48 x 28 inches), is housed at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta.
Image of the 1994 work Preacher (oil and collage on canvas, 48 x 28 in.) by Georgia artist Benny Andrews. The work depicts an African American preacher standing next to a thin wooden chair. His head is thrown back and his left arm is raised. His index fingers are extended.
Andrews began experimenting with collage as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1950s. The original is housed at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/benny-andrews-1930-2006/m-7358/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art. Reprinted by permission of Benny Andrews
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1042
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/morris-museum-art
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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