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Prophet Blackmon

Prophet Blackmon (1921 - 2010) was active/lived in Wisconsin, Michigan.  Prophet Blackmon is known for Folk painting, religious imagery.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Obituary. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 19, 2010

They called him Prophet Blackmon. By Amy Rabideau Silvers

A self-styled preacher, healer and seer - someone who called himself "God's bum" - William Joshua Blackmon also became an accidental artist later in life.

"Prophet was one of the great Milwaukee characters - and among the best self-taught artists ever to come out of Milwaukee," said Jeffrey R. Hayes, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

For his part, Blackmon regarded his art as a heaven-sent way to share his message and support his ministry.

Blackmon died of natural causes Feb. 8 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit, where he moved only weeks earlier.  He was 89.  Blackmon was buried with military honors Feb. 25 in Michigan.

His career as an artist began unexpectedly in 1982, after Paula Giannini, wife of then-Milwaukee Art Museum director Gerald Nordland, saw the Prophet's d   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5118 characters.]  Artist bio

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