Jesus Tales
Title
Jesus Tales
Subject
Virginia
Art
Description
A nondenominational evangelical preacher, Leroy Almon, Sr. was an American folk artist who specialized in woodcarving. Born in Tallapoosa, Georgia in 1938, Almon apprenticed to the woodcarving artist Elijah Pierce, and they became lifelong friends. Using hand chisels and pocketknives to carve his image in bas-relief and then painting them, Almon depicted images from the Bible, as well as the temptations of contemporary life as well as historical and political inspired images.
Creator
Leroy Almon, Sr. (American, 1938-1997)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
TAU_ART_000132
1989.024
Is Part Of
Taubman Museum of Art
Medium
painting (visual works)
polychrome paint
Provenance
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries
Taubman Museum of Art (Repository)
Museum Purchase
Files
Collection
Citation
Leroy Almon, Sr. (American, 1938-1997), “Jesus Tales,” Southwest Virginia Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://di.lib.vt.edu/items/show/956.