1900
Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (died 1982)
Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (died 1982)
Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (died 1982)
Nellie Mae Rowe
African-American artist (1900–1982)
- Born
- 1900
Nellie Mae Rowe was an African-American artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered photographs, hand-sewn dolls, home installations and sculptural environments. She was said to have an "instinctive understanding of the relation between color and form." Her work focuses on race, gender, domesticity, African-American folklore, and spiritual traditions.