Painting is on paper. By John Toney Outsider FOLK ARTIST. 15x 23 inches, date 1995. Painted when John Henry was 67 years old. John Henry Toney was a self-taught folk artist who began painting late in life. Was born in Seale, Russell County, on October 18, 1928, on his family farm. Toney spent most of his adult life living in a trailer with no heat or running water on ten acres outside Seale. He worked briefly in a cotton mill but claimed that he was fired for drawing an unflattering portrait of his boss. Founder of the Museum of Wonder and the Museum of Wonder Drive-Thru Museum. Created with paint pens or markers on posterboard and cardboard, Toney’s drawings feature animals. Exaggerated female forms in fanciful clothing, vehicles, and other subjects. The item “John Toney FOLK ART PAINTING OUTSIDER VINTAGE Woman with Snake 1995″ is in sale since Sunday, March 7, 2021. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “deepsouthc” and is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: US-Southeast
- Artist: John Toney
- Style: Folk Art
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Material: Paper & Papier Mache
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Date of Creation: 1990-1999
- Type: Paintings
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Year: 1995
- Features: Alabama Folk Art
- Signed?: Signed
- Original/ Reproduction: Original
- Color: Multi-Color
- Subject: Women
- Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30″)
- outsider art: southern folk art
- Originality: Original