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"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

"THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon, Mixed Media

"NEIGHBORHOOD POOL HALL" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

"ON PAYDAY" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

"THE LONELY WILD" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught
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1970s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon, Mixed Media

"PUPPY LOVE" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil

"TAMALE CART" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS ARTIST
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

Untitled (Portrait)
By William H. Bailey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. 17, 1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His father, Willard, worked in radio advertising and moved the
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Untitled (Still Life)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, 1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His father, Willard, worked in radio advertising and moved the family
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

"Two Riding Through The Woods" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

"African Village" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

"The Living Dead" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

"Daddy Playing in the Mud" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

"The Safari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

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By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

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Original Antique Print of an Owl, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an owl. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after cpt. brown with original hand color. Publishe...
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1960s Rattan Screen Panels Room Divider, Set of 2
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Monumental Mid Century Modernist Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Duanye Hatchett
Located in Buffalo, NY
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It's a Crime to Live with the Person You Don't Love with official COA + hologram
By Tracey Emin
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Bruno Mathsson "Maria Flap" Folding Table in Karelian Birch, Karl Mathsson, 1977
By Bruno Mathsson, Firma Karl Mathsson
Located in Odense, DK
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tables

Materials

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Spring Morning - Serene Landscape, Expansive Blue Sky with Calm Lake, Tondo
By Ahzad Bogosian
Located in Chicago, IL
"Spring Morning" is a minimalist landscape painting depicting subtle shifts of color in a cloud covered sky. The clouds take on hues of blue and grey with a softness that only comes...
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Materials

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Hansa Mechanical Huge Stuffed Hippopotamus Almost 4 Feet Long
Located in Chicago, IL
Hansa plush mechanical Stuffed Hippopotamus Hansa was created in 1972 by German-born Hans Axthelm. Each and every Hansa stuffed Hippopotamus animal, is hand sewn using the inside-ou...
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From the Vargas Portfolio
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Missouri, MO
From the Vargas Portfolio **Portfolio Cover Not Included** Lithograph Only Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and ...
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Materials

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Arman "Cello" Chair, circa 1990, France
By Hugues Chevalier, Arman
Located in Girona, Spain
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Materials

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Vintage Manila Shawl, Tablecloth Chinese Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
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Materials

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"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
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Tony Rosenthal Abstract Sculpture Blackened Steel Red Blushes
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Materials

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Norwegian Plique À Jour Viking Longboat Bowl by David Andersen
By David Andersen
Located in New York, NY
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Head Wrap
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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"COTTON FARM" BLACK TEXAS FOLK ART ARTIST JOHNNY BANKS
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Color Pencil

"International & Great Northern The Texas Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

""Southern Pacific Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas Black Texas Folk Artist
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

Pair of Original Willard Morse 'William' Mitchell Framed Watercolor Paintings
By William Mitchell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of watercolor paintings were done by Canadian artist Willard Morse Mitchell, more
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Softwood, Paper

"Peter Walks The Water" Jesus and Peter Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

"Texas Longhorn" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

"Mr. Kuni's Farm" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

"DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN" BLACK TEXAS FOLK ART ARTIST JONNY BANKS
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Color Pencil

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Johnny Banks for sale on 1stDibs

African American folk artist, John Willard Banks was a black self-taught artist. He was the son of Charlie and Cora Lee Banks and was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five, his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended Holy Redeemer School. At the age of nine, his parents got divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin. From childhood Banks' favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. While helping out on his grandparents' farm, Banks completed the 10th grade before striking out on his own. His favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet and playing baseball. In his adult years, he worked in oilfields and cotton fields, drove a truck and tended a San Antonio service station. During World War II. he joined the army where he held the rank of sergeant and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war, he returned to San Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort Sam Houston and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae Mitchell in 1928 and they had five children. The marriage ended in divorce around 1960. In 1963, he married Earlie Smith. His art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for which he had been hospitalized. Banks' wife admired her husband's drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat. There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of works of art by black artists saw one of the drawings in the gallery. He telephoned Banks and arranged for a meeting to see his other works. The physician and his wife became friends with John and Earlie Banks and began to advise them on Banks's art career. Banks' first solo exhibition was held at Caroline Lee Gallery in San Antonio in 1984 when Banks was 72 years old. Subsequently, he had a dual exhibition with fellow Texas artist George White at Objects Gallery in San Antonio and was shown in the Southwest Ethnic Arts Society's inaugural exhibition of black artists in San Antonio, where he won a prize. He was included in two traveling exhibitions, “Handmade and Heartfelt” organized by Laguna Gloria Art Museum and Texas Folklife Resources in 1987 and “Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art of the Southwest” organized by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Dallas in 1987. Also in 1987, he was included in a dual exhibition with fellow San Antonio artist John Coleman at the O'Connor Gallery in the McNamara House Museum, Victoria and in 1989 he was one of the six artists included in the traveling exhibition “Black History/Black Vision: The Visionary Image in Texas” organized by the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery at The University of Texas. Also in 1989, Banks was included in the exhibition “Innate Creativity: Five Black Texas Folk Artists” sponsored by the National Museum of African American History and Culture held at the Dallas Public Library. Banks developed a distinct style, outlining figures in pencil or ballpoint pen and shading them in with colored pencils, crayons and felt-tipped marker. Sometimes his art was influenced by his early, rural memories, including scenes of baptisms, church meetings, hog killings, funerals and Juneteenth celebrations. These works serve as excellent documents of black life in early twentieth-century Texas. At other times, Banks' work was the result of an inner vision that led him to such revelations as his Second Coming of Christ, in which he drew his view of the activities man might be found engaging if Christ should return today. Whether his subjects were religious or rural, they took place in lush landscapes, often with tree-lined rivers flowing through the composition. He did a series of African scenes drawn from his imagination, in which he depicted idyllic villages where communal activities took place. Often they included references to the bounty of nature and the virtue of working together toward a common goal. In other pictures, Banks told more somber stories, of slave auctions and inner-city ghetto scenes. Through the facial expressions and gestures of the figures, Banks revealed their psychological states and personalities. The book Folk Art In Texas has an extensive article written about Johnny Banks. When Banks died in San Antonio on April 14, 1988, he left behind several hundred drawings.