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Ellis Wilson

Ellis Douglas Wilson (1899 - 1977) was active/lived in New York / United Kingdom.  Ellis Wilson is known for Afro-naive to mod figure, animal, painting, illustration.

The following, submitted October 2005, is from Albert Sperath, curator of the March 2000 Wilson exhibition at Murray State University and biographer of the artist:  The Art of Ellis Wilson, University Press of Kentucky.


A once-acclaimed Kentucky-born artist who captured the black culture in the Southeast and Haiti of his time, Ellis Wilson is little-known in his home state today. To remedy this neglect and to celebrate the centennial of his birth, he became the subject of a February through March 2000 exhibition premiered at Murray State University in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, 25 miles southeast of Mayfield, birthplace of the artist.  The exhibition, organized by Albert Sperath, Director of the Eagle Gallery, featured forty-five paintings that were borrowed from private collectors, art dealers, and museums. 

Of this exhibit, art critic David Minton wrote that Ellis Wilson "painted a vivid but realistic portrait of black c   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7118 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Ellis Wilson in 1 of its research Essays. Ellis Wilson has 6 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Ellis Wilson available:    Palmer Cole (Hedgeman) Hayden,  Allan Rohan Crite,  Eldzier Cortor,  Frederick Douglas Jones Jr,  Augusta Christine Fells (Moore) Savage,  Richmond Barthe,  Joseph Samuel Delaney,  Rex Goreleigh,  Charles Sebree,  Ernie Crichlow,  Lois Mailou Jones,  Vincent DaCosta Smith,  Thelma Streat,  Dox Thrash,  William Etienne Pajaud Jr,  Charles Wilbert White,  Alberta Kinsey,  Aaron Douglas,  Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs,  John Hardrick,  Hale Aspacio Woodruff,  Hughie Lee-Smith,  Mildred Bernice Nungester Wolfe,  Benny Andrews