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Well done @pendletwitch it was indeed Robert Kippur. This extraordinary self taught artist was a San Francisco bus driver who retired to New York and painted alone in a bedsit for the rest of his hermetic life. Self taught and wild he epitomises Outsider Art. Fabulous work. https://t.co/VNEHkMyXm5
Good morning Art Lovers it’s time for the Fiendish Friday Kwiz. Here’s a detail from a wild painting by an unusual artist. Who? What? Why and When?
@ahistoryinart
Down the tyre dump; Cornelius, Brendan and Shane and their trotter Madge. What a wonderful life these boys live!
Brendan’s old lurcher Bertha down the lorry teller dump.
“I bought her a mixed grill from the A1 diner - she loves me today”
‘The Holy Family’
A1 ink drawing on Bristol board
...took Haystack back to old Jane. It’s wonderful how gently she loves her cats with her powerful farmers hands.
“Can I draw you quickly Jane?”
“Look sharp then, and don’t draw me wi me glasses on!”
The Flight Into Egypt
A0 ink drawing on Bristol board
‘The Holy Family up Lincoln Cliff’
Ink drawing 35cm x 45cm