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
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.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Robert Windham, Angel of Death, 1979, catalpa, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. James L. Whitehead and Mr. P. Elliot Ellis, 1980.108.2
Angel of Death
Date1979
catalpa
On view
Robert Windham, Angel of Birth, ca. 1978-1979, catalpa, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. James L. Whitehead and Mr. P. Elliot Ellis, 1980.108.1
Angel of Birth
Dateca. 1978-1979
catalpa
On view