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20th Century Painting

The English Teacher
1988
20th Century
45 in. x 24 in. (114.3 cm x 60.96 cm)


Benny Andrews
(Plainview, GA 11/13/1930 - 11/10/2006, Brookln, NY
- 11/10/2006, Brooklyn, NY)
Primary


Medium and Support: Oil on Canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Alice Hilseweck Ball '61 and Byrd M. Ball, 1998
Copyright Holder: Visual Artists and Galleries Assoc.
Accession Number: M.1998.5


Bibliography: Object bibliography:
Bladon, Patricia P. , et. al. Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews. Memphis: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1990, plate 5.

Artist bibliography:
Andrews, Benny. Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1975.

Bladon, Patricia P. Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews. Memphis: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1990.

Gruber, J. Richard. American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948-1997. Augusta, GA: Morris Museum of Art, 1997.



Commentary: The work is a tribute to Andrews' high school English teacher, Mrs. Thomas, of Burney Street High School in Madison, Georgia, who had a significant influence on his life. It is part of a body of work Andrews titled "The Southern Series."

Exhibition: "Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews;" organized by Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN; Venues: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN, Sep 22-Nov 18, 1990; Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC, Jan 14-Feb 22, 1991; Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC, Apr 6-May 4, 1991; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KN. Sep 1-Nov 10, 1991; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, Jan 19-Mar 1, 1992; Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, Mar 15-Apr 26, 1992; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, Sep 12-Nov 7, 1992.
"Women I Have Known: A Survey of Work by Benny Andrews," Maier Museum of Art, January 19-April 13, 2003.



Provenance: McIntosh Gallery.
Ball, Alice Hilseweck. Purchase from the above, 1998.
Maier Museum. Gift of the above, 1998.

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  • Artist:Male
  • Century:20th Century
  • Ethnicity:African-American
  • Painting
  • Painting:Oil
  • Subject Type:Figure
  • Subject Type:Portrait
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