Artist

Tim Lewis

born Isonville, KY 1952
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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
Isonville, Elliott, Kentucky, United States
Biography

Tim Lewis lives in the small town of Isonville, Kentucky. He started carving decorative canes after his coal mining business closed down in the late 1980s. He creates canes showing snakes, animals, and people, including one decorated with the faces of different presidents (“Celebrations! Patriotic Americana,” Antiques and Collecting Magazine, 2003).

Works by this artist (2 items)

Joseph Butera, Life Class, 1937, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols, 1974.38.47
Life Class
Artist
Date1937
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Joseph Butera, Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of John Eld, 1938, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.156
Portrait of John Eld
Artist
Date1938
oil on canvas
Not on view