Annie Hooper
Annie Hooper (26 February 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a sculptor of visionary religious art from Buxton, North Carolina. Her work is an example of folk art, outsider art, and visionary art.
Annie Hooper
- Born
- 1897.
- Died
- 1986.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
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Annie Hooper (26 February 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a sculptor of visionary religious art from Buxton, North Carolina. Her work is an example of folk art, outsider art, and visionary art.
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Annie Hooper was a sculptor of United States nationality. Annie Hooper was born in 1897. Death followed in 1986.
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Early life
Early life
Annie Miller was born in Buxton, on Cape Hatteras, and was raised in a Methodist family of 13 children and 14 foster children. Annie briefly attended college in Blackstone, Virginia, before marrying John Hooper and moving to Stumpy Point. John worked as a fisherman, while Annie taught Sunday school, played organ, and wrote poetry. The couple had one child, Edgar. John and Edgar served in World War II, and during their absence Annie suffered the first in a series of depressions. After the war, the Hoopers moved to Buxton and opened a motel.
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Works and production
It is also recorded that annie Hooper is recorded with the occupation sculptor. It is also recorded that annie Hooper is recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the gender female. It is also recorded that annie Hooper was born on 26 February 1897. Institutional cataloguing adds that annie Hooper died on 11 January 1986.
Sculptures
Annie Hooper began sculpting upon returning from a prolonged mental health treatment in Raleigh. Her first sculpture, Moses on Mount Nebo looking over the River Jordan into the Promised Land of Canaan, was created from driftwood, putty, and house paint. Later figures (which she referred to as “symbols”) incorporated cement and shells, and were accompanied by descriptive placards. During the forty years she was active as an artist, Hooper created nearly 5,000 sculptures, which she arranged throughout her home in tableaus representing an estimated 300 Biblical scenes. Hooper did not sell any of her work, preferring to lead visitors on tours in which she used the figures to act out religious stories.
Legacy
Following Hooper’s death, preservation of her work was overseen by folklorist Roger Manley, with financial assistance from The Jargon Society. It is now housed in the permanent collection of North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design. A solo exhibition of Hooper’s work, titled A Blessing from the Source, was held in 1988.
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- 1.Manley, Roger. A Blessing From the Source: The Annie Hooper Bequest. North Carolina Humanities Council. 1988.
- 2.Wojcik, Daniel. Outsider Art, Vernacular Traditions, Trauma, and Creativity. Western Folklore. 67. 2/3. 179–198. 2008.
- 3.Roger Manley. Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina. North Carolina Museum of Art. 1989. 978-0-88259-957-1.
- 4.Ingalls, Zoë. Vivid Perceptions From a Self-Taught Artist. Chronicle of Higher Education. 16 June 1995.
- 5.Manley, Roger.
- 6.John Maizels. Raw creation: outsider art and beyond. Phaidon Press Limited. 7 November 1996.
- 7.Cardinal, Roger. The Vulnerability of Outsider Architecture. Southern Quarterly. 39. 1/2. 2000.
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