Nationality

American

Artist Dates

1916-2001

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Date of Work

1988

Medium

Exhibition poster

Height

17"

Width

11"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection

Status

Stored: FF_012_I

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

Howard Finster was an American artist and Baptist minister born in Valley Head, Alabama in 1916. Finster is best known for converting the acreage around his workshop into a sacred place called Paradise Garden. Paradise Garden is a collection of Finster's artwork which consists of converting junk into paintings, sculptures and architecture that praise the transformational power of his Lord God. Although he had no formal education in the fine arts, Howard Finster has work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress and several others.

Additional Information

Black and white exhibition poster with several small faces on it.

Howard Finster: Painter of Sermons. On Exhibit Oct. 7 - Dec. 31. Berea College. Appalachian Museum. Jackson St. Berea, Kentucky. Mountain of a Show. Past. Midnight. 9000. 095 Works of art. 1:31: Sept. 8 1988. By Howard Finster Man of Vision

Condition

Good

Condition Notes

Slight fold and light foxing

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