Pharaoh Baker's paintings and sculptures

Painters

Fieldwork

Art

African Americans

Painting

Sculpture

Metal sculpture

Metal craft

Figurines

Arts, African

Artists

Twenty-six color slides. Slides S82-976 and 987 are missng. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when just a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City, but also created his own emotionally charged and religious influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1981-08-26

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 11

S82-970 - S82-997

Folk Arts in the Schools (Columbia/Hamilton County)

Marshall, John

Baker, Pharaoh, 1925-2002

African American

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