| Come Walk with Me: The Art of Dorris Curtis Contributor(s): Curtis, Dorris (Author), Cochran, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557287643 ISBN-13: 9781557287649 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2004 Annotation: "Come Walk with Me: The Art of Dorris Curtis has enormous appeal both as a memoir and as a collection of wonderful paintings. Dorris Curtis, like Grandma Moses, began painting at a late age. She worked as a school teacher for over forty years and upon retirement at the age of sixty-five, began to study art. Curtis looked up to Grandma Moses and was heavily influenced by her achievements. This book includes 103 images of Curtis's artwork, each with an extended caption, as well as an introduction by Robert Cochran which places Curtis's art into the larger context of both Arkansas art and American folk art as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Dewey: 759.13 |
| LCCN: 2003019432 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 12.3" W x 9.44" (3.29 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Come Walk with Me: The Art of Dorris Curtis has enormous appeal both as a memoir and as a collection of wonderful paintings. Dorris Curtis, like Grandma Moses, began painting at a late age. She worked as a school teacher for over forty years and upon retirement at the age of sixty-five, began to study art. Curtis looked up to Grandma Moses and was heavily influenced by her achievements. This book includes 103 images of Curtis's artwork, each with an extended caption, as well as an introduction by Robert Cochran which places Curtis's art into the larger context of both Arkansas art and American folk art as a whole. Dorris Curtis began painting at the age of sixty-five. Since her start in 1973, Curtis's work has been exhibited in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and she has appeared as a guest on the PBS series American Art Forum. Curtis recently donated her entire collection to the University of Central Arkansas. |