Funeral Procession by Ellis Wilson
Model: OGFPRO
SKU: 8063999L

Manufacturer: by Ellis Wilson
Condition: New
Shipping weight: 1 lb

Our Price: $40.00

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Funeral Procession by Ellis Wilson

Paper: 30 1/8 x 26 3/4
Image: 25 x 24 3/8

Retail Price $40.

Ellis Wilson's name was not synonymous with other twentieth century artists like Alain Locke or Romare Bearden. To date, many people--even those from his home state of Kentucky--do not recognize his work. His moving paintings exhibited his signature styles of angularity and elongation, but never won him wealth or much acclaim. Still, his legacy is one of an unsung talent whose passion for capturing the honesty and integrity of everyday life, bursts through the simple stories preserved on the canvas of his paintings.

Ellis Wilson was born on April 30, 1899, to Frank and Minnie Wilson in Mayfield, Kentucky. Raised in a poor, African-American neighborhood known as The Bottom, Ellis was one of six (some reports say eight) children. Mayfield, a small town, was not known for much more than its tobacco trade. But it was the town's tobacco fields that dictated that children, including Wilson and his siblings, would be educated six months out of the year and work in the fields to help their families during the other six months.