United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009Doyle, Sam, 1906-19851906/1985Painting by Sam Doyle.Doyle lived on St. Helena Island off the coast of South Carolina. After quitting school and beginning work at an early age, he eventually found permanent employment in the laundry of the Marine Corps base at Parris Island in South Carolina. Doyle began to paint in the 1940s. He used enamel house paint and roofing tin to depict life on the island, and to create a diverse gallery of real and imagined characters. In 1982, Doyle traveled to Washington, D.C. to see his work exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery. The High Museum of Art in Atlanta mounted a retrospective exhibition of Doyle's work in 2000.Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Folk art--United StatesAfrican American folk art--United StatesAfrican American painting--United StatesFolk art--South CarolinaAfrican American folk art--South CarolinaAfrican American painting--South CarolinaHuman figure in artFigure painting--South CarolinaWhooping boyStillImage