Henry Faulkner. (1924-1981). Oil on board. Brightly colored vertical village with goat. Goat and signature verso. Size: 28 x 15

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Henry Faulkner was an eccentric American painter and poet best known for his colorful landscapes and fantasy scenes—as well as his habit of bringing a bourbon-guzzling goat named Alice to his art openings. Born on January 9, 1924 in Holland, KY, he went on to study as a scholarship student at the Louisville School of Art. In 1959, Faulkner became a close friend of the esteemed playwright Tennessee Williams, author of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), and it was rumored that they were lovers. Around the same time, Faulkner started to exhibit his paintings more frequently, which were often compared to the Surrealist and Colorist movements and linked to famed artists such as Gustav Klimt. It is said he took inspiration from sources ranging from California to Italy, but his most popular works are abstractions of scenes in his native Kentucky. Today, his works are in the collections of the Morris Museum of Art in Morristown, NJ, and The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, SC, among others. Faulkner died on December 3, 1981 in Lexington, KY.