Global InformationLallah Miles Perry information
Lallah Miles Perry | |
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| Born | July 15, 1926 Auburn, Alabama |
| Died | October 30, 2008 (aged 82) Jackson, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
| Known for | Painting, Textile arts |
| Style | Mississippi Modernism[1] |
| Awards | Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Excellence 2008 |
Lallah Miles Perry (1926–2008)[2] was an American artist who lived and worked in Mississippi. She specialized in painting, and was known as an art teacher at many institutions including at the Choctaw Tribal School System, Delta State University (where she was on the faculty for nine years) and Meridian Community College (for eight years, until her retirement as head of the art department in 1995.)
She helped reorganize the Mississippi Art Colony[3][4] after a fire had destroyed the group's first home at Allison's Wells, and served as the first director of that organization following that fire. She later served for many years as the group's archivist.[5]
She was also involved in the creation of the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi.[6] She was awarded the Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Excellence in 2008[7] as an acknowledgement of her talent and her contributions to the arts in the State of Mississippi. The Mississippi Art Colony also gives out an award in her honor and memory, the Lallah Perry Award.[8]
Her works have been exhibited in many museums, including the Mississippi Museum of Art,[9][10] the Birmingham Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Knoxville Museum of Art,[11] and the Society of the Four Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida.[12] Her work is included in many private collections. One of her paintings was exhibited at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans, and one painting was shown in the United States Embassy in Rabat, Morocco.[1]
Since her death her works have continued to be displayed in exhibits of Mississippi artists.[13]
- ^ a b "Lallah Perry: Mother of Mississippi Modernism -- by, Glenn Sanford | ArtKabinett". artkabinett.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Lallah Perry Obituary - Jackson, MS | Clarion Ledger". Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "History – Mississippi Art Colony". Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Ownby, Ted; Wilson, Charles Reagan; Abadie, Ann J.; Lindsey, Odie; Jr, James G. Thomas (May 25, 2017). The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496811592. Retrieved October 13, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mississippi Art Colony records, ca. 1954-1991". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "History | Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi". craftsmensguildofms.org. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Governor's Arts Awards". Mississippi Arts Commission. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Resmer, Emily. "ART: Gaga Over Lallah". www.jacksonfreepress.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Vanity" not dated, oil on canvas, Mississippi Museum of Art Collection, Gift of the Lyle Cashion Company, 1963.005
- ^ "Vogue for Two" not dated, watercolor on paper, Mississippi Museum of Art Collection, Mississippi Art Association purchase, 1967.001
- ^ "Liquid Light: Watercolors from the KMA Collection – Knoxville Museum of Art". Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "The life of Lallah: a tribute to Mississippi artist Lallah Perry is set for April in Jackson. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Carey Gillespie Museum to Host ˜Mississippi Masters' Exhibit | News | William Carey University". www.wmcarey.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2019.