Artist

Lorenzo Scott

born West Point, GA 1934

Media - scott_lorenzo.jpg - 90532 — Originally photographed by Chuck Rosenak. Image is courtesy of the Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, 1990-1999, in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Born: West Point, Georgia, United States
Active in: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Biography: Scott is a Southern Baptist housepainter who creates paintings and evangelistic church fliers based on Old Master canvases he has studied in reproduction and in museums from New York to his home in Atlanta. He often chooses episodes from the lives of Christ and Mary and frequently shows biblical figures as African Americans to reinforce the personal relationship with God that he advocates.
Lynda Hartigan Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (exhibition text, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1999)
: Luce Artist Biography
Lorenzo Scott spends a great deal of his time studying old-master paintings in the museums of New York and Atlanta. He taught himself to replicate their painting techniques and often sculpts and paints his frames to look like old baroque works. A fervent Baptist, Scott copies many images of religious scenes and also paints "church fliers" to encourage people to join his faith.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Lorenzo Scott, Baptism of Jesus, 1987, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jane and Bert Hunecke, 1994.52

Baptism of Jesus

Artist

Date1987

oil on canvas

Lorenzo Scott, Girl Standing in Mist of Heaven, 1985, oil on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Clary, Laura and Marvin Clary, and Jane and Bert Hunecke, 1994.125

Girl Standing in Mist of Heaven

Artist

Date1985

oil on panel