Artist

Robert Windham

born Ebenezer, AL 1911-died Ebenezer, AL 1993
Also known as
  • Robert Pugh Windham
Born
Ebenezer, Pike County, Alabama, United States
Died
Ebenezer, Pike County, Alabama, United States
Active in
  • Troy, Alabama, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Robert Windham was born in Pike County, Alabama, and spent most of his life on the family farm. He started drawing and whittling as a child and took it up again after retiring from the farm. Windham rarely made a sketch before starting a carving. Instead he worked directly from his imagination by roughing out the forms first with an ax and then adding details using knives, files, and sandpaper.