National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Lane College - Jackson, Tennessee

Portrait #1609
Subject/Title:
Country Church
Artist:Woodrull, Hale
Date Created:1935
Owner/Location:Lane College
545 Lane Avenue
Jackson, TN 38301-4598
www.lanecollege.edu
Frame Dimensions:23 x 19
Image Dimensions:7 x 9
Materials/Media:Linocut
Date Documented:15 August 2008
Condition:Excellent
Description:Subject is a stylized version of a side view of a country church.
History of Work:Raised in Tennessee, Hale Woodruff studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis and won a scholarship that enabled him to travel to Paris and enroll at the Academia de la Grande Chaumiere. He then returned to the United States, teaching at the Atlanta and New York Universities. Woodruff's large murals depicted events in African American history such as the Amistad Mutiny. Later in his lifetime, Woodrull abandoned his representational style for Abstract Expressionism.
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