Howard Finster Wooden Cut Out Folk Art Painting "The Devil and His Wife", 1988

Item Details

Reverend William Howard Finster (Georgia/Alabama, 1916 – 2001)
Untitled (“The Devil and His Wife”), 1988
Hand-painted plywood cut out panel
Signed to lower right and to verso
Inscribed to verso, “7000,384 works since 1976 by Howard Finster / Feb 27 1988 / God Bless You All”

Howard Finster was a minister for forty years in Alabama, where he was born. After retirement, he moved to Summerville, Georgia, where he turned his swampland into Paradise Garden in reflection of his religious beliefs and a vision that sent him on a mission to create sacred art. Finster used oil, watercolor, lacquer and other paints on found objects and salvaged pieces of glass and cardboard to make religious folk art compositions. His works have been featured on album covers for popular rock bands such as the Talking Heads which was featured as the 1985 album of the year in Rolling Stones Magazine. Perhaps most well known for his eight foot tall Coca-Cola bottle commissioned for the 1996 Olympic Games global art project. Finster promised God he would create 5,000 paintings in his lifetime and in the end created 46,991 numbered pieces.

Condition

- minor wear to edges.

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Item #

ITMG421472