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George Andrews (artist)

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George Andrews (1911–1996) was a self-taught artist commonly referred to as the "Dot Man".[1] He fathered ten children, including painter Benny Andrews and novelist Raymond Andrews.[2]

He was born in Plainview, Georgia, achieved a third grade education and worked as a sharecropper.

Andrews often used found objects such as rocks, shoes, purses, furniture, and occasionally canvases as surfaces for his colorful artworks.[3] In addition to his dot pattern, he featured text, animals and figurative motifs in his paintings. He died of a heart attack in 1996.[4] Andrews was acutely attentive to the inherent qualities of materials he used, and of how they creased, tore, or made marks.[5]

Exhibitions

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1990–1992 Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews. Multiple sites.[6]

1994 The Dot Man: George Andrews of Madison, Georgia. Morris Museum of Art. Augusta, Georgia.

2004 George Andrews: The Dot Man. Barbara Archer Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.

References

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  1. ^ Gruber, J. Richard (1994). The Dot Man: George Andrews of Madison Georgia. Augusta, Georgia: Morris Museum of Art.
  2. ^ Andrews, Benny; Andrews, George (1994). "George Andrews". Art Journal. 53 (1): 22. doi:10.2307/777522. ISSN 0004-3249. JSTOR 777522.
  3. ^ Thompson, Mildred (September 1991). "George Andrews". Art Papers: 32–34.
  4. ^ Frierson, Chaundra (January 14, 1996). "OBITUARIES - George Andrews, 84, folk artist". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "George Andrews". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  6. ^ Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (1990). Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews.
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