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
Nationalities
  • American
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)