Artist

Leroy Almon, Sr.

born Tallapoosa, GA 1938-died Tallapoosa, GA 1997
Also known as
  • Leroy Almon
Born
Tallapoosa, Georgia, United States
Died
Tallapoosa, Georgia, United States
Biography

This nondenominational evangelical preacher from Tallapoosa, Georgia, began carving his inspirational interpretations of spiritual and contemporary secular themes during an apprenticeship with Elijah Pierce, a well-known African American lay minister and wood carver in Columbus, Ohio.

Lynda Hartigan Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (exhibition text, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1999)