Description: John Mason FOLK ART PAINTING OUTSIDER "House" #9 Mullis collection This painting is on paper by John Mason FOLK ARTIST- "House " - #99x 12 inches JOHN MASON (North Carolina/Virginia, 1900-1997)1990-91, HOUSE, signed "by John Mason" and dated, felt pen and crayon on paper, 12 x 9 in.; unframedProvenance: The Collection of Carl and Marian Mullis light wear at corners JOHN ROBERT MASON 1900-1997 John Robert Mason. born in North Carolina ,lived in Suffolk, VA. He worked on the railroads and at the Planter's Peanuts plant. He started drawing after his retirement as something to do. He used colored pencils and felt markers on paper or cardboard. His pictures are of stylized birds, moons, trees and suns. He was included in the exhibition "Folk Art" The Common Wealth of Virginia" and his work is included in the permanent collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center and the St. James Place Folk Art Museum. His "studio" was the Hardee's restaurant in Suffolk. He became such a tourist attraction that Hardee's eventually gave him a certificate awarding him free breakfasts for life. His work his work is included in the permanent collections of the Kentucky Folk Art Center and the St. James Place Folk Art Museum.John Robert Mason died in 1997Provenance: The Collection of Carl and Marian MullisThe Mullis folk art collection, has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the country, and they donated many works of art to the Georgia Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, and the Yale University Art Museum. In 1994, they began their folk art collection which includes Bill Traylor and other southern folk artists. There have been four exhibitions based on the Mullis collection. 2007 and titled "Amazing Grace: Self-Taught Artists from the Mullis Collection." 2009 and titled "Lord Love You: Works by RA Miller from the Mullis Collection." "All Creatures Great and Small," and Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University titled, "Amen, Amen: Religion and Southern Self-Taught Artists in the Mullis Collection." John Mason Exhibits;Birds: Paintings and sculpture of birds by self-taught, Outsider and American Folk Artists",American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY (1997)- "Drawings: Alternate World Views" American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY (1999) Ref: Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide, Chuck and Jan Rosenak (1996)Self Taught, Outsider and Folk Art, Betty-Carol Sellen (2000) See more art at Anton Haardt Gallery, website, and my Ebay Shop
Price: 245 USD
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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Artist: John Mason
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
outsider art: southern folk art
Signed By: John Mason
Size: Small
Date of Creation: 1990-1999
Item Length: 12 in
Region of Origin: US-Southeast
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1991
Style: Folk Art
Features: Signed
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Width: 9 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1990-1999
Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Small
Signed: Yes
Color: multi color
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Title: House
Material: Paper & Papier Mache
Subject: Animal Head, Birds, Dog, Houses, Men
Signed?: Signed
Type: Paintings
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Americana
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/ Reproduction: Original
