Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (died 1982)

Nellie Mae Rowe

African-American artist (1900–1982)

Nellie Mae Rowe was an African-American artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered photographs, hand-sewn dolls, home installations and sculptural…