Description

Artist: Hayes, Ivey (20th/21st Century African American, North Carolina)
Title: African American Tobacco Farmers
Date: 1998
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 24 inches
Description: Known for his paintings in bright colors of African-American figures, Ivey Hayes is from North Carolina where he received his BA degree from North Carolina Central University and in 1975, his MA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received the Presidential and Celebrity awards at the North Carolina Azalea Festival Master Arts Exhibit held in Wilmington, NC. The Charlie Rose Show has featured his artwork, and it has been exhibited at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., He created the artwork for the First Annual North Carolina Blueberry Festival. In 2005, Ivey Hayes was selected to create the art for the 2005 North Carolina Azalea Festival held annually in Wilmington, North Carolina. A major one-man show, Five American Artists, featuring Hayes as well as Romare Bearden, Al Carter, Minnie Evans and Faith Ringgold was held at the Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC, May 19-September 17, 2006.
Signature: signed Ivey Hayes 98 lower right
Provenance: North Carolina Collector
Frame Type: gold and black wood
Frame Size: 26.5 x 38.5 inches

Condition

in good condition