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Sybil Gibson
American, 1908–1995
Since her discovery in the late 1960s, native Alabamian Sybil Gibson's work has been exhibited in over 50 one-woman shows. She has been called a "naive" or "primitive" artist because she is essentially self-taught. Faces, flowers, and female figures, particularly little girls, are common elements in her works, though her compositions vary widely in mood from innocent to disturbing.
The painting in the MMFA collection is from Gibson's "late period", after cataract surgery. Works from this time retain the general characteristics of Gibson's earlier works, particularly minimal backgrounds and a lack of detail.
Untitled (Floral Arrangement) dates from the last period of her career, a few years before her death in 1995. By this time, the artist suffered from poor eyesight and declining health, and her work of this period tends to be graphically bolder both in scale and in contrast. In her last years Gibson convenyed the final flowering of excitement at the world she saw around her, painting from life rather than from memory, as she had done earlier in her painting career. Flowers were common subjects though she concentrated on them more heavily in her late works.
American, 1908–1995
Untitled (Floral Arrangement)
1993
Object Type:
Painting
Creation Place:
North America, American
Dimensions:
27 1/8 in. x 22 5/8 in. (68.9 cm x 57.47 cm)
Medium and Support:
Tempera on paper
Accession Number:
1995.0006.0004
Credit Line:
Gift of Fred and Theresa Buchanan
Since her discovery in the late 1960s, native Alabamian Sybil Gibson's work has been exhibited in over 50 one-woman shows. She has been called a "naive" or "primitive" artist because she is essentially self-taught. Faces, flowers, and female figures, particularly little girls, are common elements in her works, though her compositions vary widely in mood from innocent to disturbing.
The painting in the MMFA collection is from Gibson's "late period", after cataract surgery. Works from this time retain the general characteristics of Gibson's earlier works, particularly minimal backgrounds and a lack of detail.
Untitled (Floral Arrangement) dates from the last period of her career, a few years before her death in 1995. By this time, the artist suffered from poor eyesight and declining health, and her work of this period tends to be graphically bolder both in scale and in contrast. In her last years Gibson convenyed the final flowering of excitement at the world she saw around her, painting from life rather than from memory, as she had done earlier in her painting career. Flowers were common subjects though she concentrated on them more heavily in her late works.
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