$40,000 Library Mural Misspells Names

Yahoo | October 7, 2004 | AP

[Fintan]

$40,000 mural.

Refrigerator art.

 

 

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, actually, I knew the Rev. because the art dealer that was his agent in Atlanta rented space from my mother . . . just a coincidence.

But in addition to being an artist of remarkable feeling (if primitive technique), he was a good old fashioned Christian and a very nice man.

[dennisw]

I remember Rev Finster having his backyard full of his sculptures and other art. Exposed to the elements. Pretty genuine behavior for a folk artist.

[AnAmericanMother]

His back yard, his front yard, the side yards and basically the entire hill behind his house.

He lived up in Summerville, GA, in the NW corner of the state.

[dennisw]

I don't know nearly as much about art as you but I think Howard Finster helped trigger a new interest in folk art from the South. Lots of black and white folk artists got recognition. Some got ripped off by their agents but at least their art reached a greater audience. Even jaded New Yorkers were buyers.

[AnAmericanMother]

It goes in cycles. Periodically the NY cognoscenti "discover" the folk artists. They are a fixture in the South, and I think at least they used to be in New England and Pennsylvania.

Grandma Moses was the first.