Frank Calloway
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Frank Calloway is a self-taught artist from the United States
. Diagnosed with schizophrenia
in 1952, he was committed to Bryce Hospital and the Alabama Department of Mental Health in Tuscaloosa. He is currently living in the Alice M. Kidd Nursing Facility in Tuscaloosa. His imagery is primarily agrarian and depicts the Old South as he remembers it. He draws on butcher paper using crayons, pen and markers. The scrolls are either 24 or 36 inches high and Calloway makes them anywhere from 8 to over 60 feet in length.
While he had always done some drawing
, his prolific output as an artist dates only from the time he took an art class in the 1980s. Some of his colorful drawings, most of which portray the rural U.S. South of his youth, was part of an autumn 2008 exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum
in Baltimore, Maryland.
While he claims to be 112 years of age, research by gerontology experts deduced that he was actually born in 1915.
United States
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. Diagnosed with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
in 1952, he was committed to Bryce Hospital and the Alabama Department of Mental Health in Tuscaloosa. He is currently living in the Alice M. Kidd Nursing Facility in Tuscaloosa. His imagery is primarily agrarian and depicts the Old South as he remembers it. He draws on butcher paper using crayons, pen and markers. The scrolls are either 24 or 36 inches high and Calloway makes them anywhere from 8 to over 60 feet in length.
While he had always done some drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, his prolific output as an artist dates only from the time he took an art class in the 1980s. Some of his colorful drawings, most of which portray the rural U.S. South of his youth, was part of an autumn 2008 exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum
American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum is an art museum located in the Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway in Baltimore, Maryland and that specializes in the preservation and display of visionary art...
in Baltimore, Maryland.
While he claims to be 112 years of age, research by gerontology experts deduced that he was actually born in 1915.