| LC control no. | n 83154824 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Evans, Minnie, 1892-1987 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1892-12-12 |
| Death date | 1987-12-16 |
| Place of birth | Long Creek (Pender County, N.C.) |
| Place of death | Wilmington (N.C.) |
| Field of activity | Folk art Drawing Outsider art |
| Profession or occupation | Folk artists Outsider artists African American artists |
| Found in | Data from CINE for The Angel that stands by me [MP] 1983 (Minnie Evans; painter, Wilmington, N.C.) Kahan, M.D. Heavenly vision, c1986: t.p. (Minnie Evans) p. 7, etc. (b. 12/12/1892, Long Creek, Pender County, N.C.; m. Julius Jones '08; self-taught; worked in pencil and ink, crayon, and oils) Minnie Evans, c1993: t.p. (Minnie Evans) p. 70 (d. 1987) Wikipedia WWW site, April 11, 2013: (Minnie Evans (December 12, 1892-1987) was an African-American folk artist known for her colorful drawings primarily executed in crayon ; Minnie Evans (Jones) was the only child of Joseph Kelley, a farmer, and Ella Jones of Pender County, North Carolina. Ella, then only 14 years old, moved to Wilmington early in 1893 to live with her mother, who soon assumed responsibility for Minnie's upbringing ; Evans died December 16, 1987) Outsider art sourcebook, 2016: page 99 (Minnie Evans 1892-1987 ; began to draw and paint at the age of 43) U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 web site via ancestry.com, September 16, 2019: (Minnie Evans ; born: 12 Dec 1892 ; died: 15 Dec 1987 ; last residence: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA) Smithsonian American Art Museum WWW site, viewed March 7, 2022: Minnie Evans (African American artist) <https://americanart.si.edu/artist/minnie-evans-1466> |
| Associated language | eng |
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