Henry Faulkner (American/Kentucky, 1924-1981), "Lady...

henry faulkner 1956 american/kentucky kentucky artist overcame best befriended created 1924-1981 poet facility paintings lady label title rural lifestyle briefly native bathing colorful eccentric creative patient lexington life figural masonite ezra woman johnson signed lower left orphaned childhood leading avant-garde known wildly acts including bringing bourbon-drinking goat tennessee williams called fellow exhibited landscape works usually executed flamboyant palette surrealist colorist artists took inspiration locales ranging california italy perspective unusual scale objects bold planes color lend fantastical element everyday scene backing born parties friend hospitalized whimsical compared offered board note shows close washington psychiatric pound settling sensibility style work collection framed www.thejohnsoncollection.org accessed 2020