Joseph Yoakum
Artist, Visual Artist
1889 – 1972
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Who was Joseph Yoakum?
Joseph Elmer Yoakum was a self-taught landscape artist of African-American and Native American descent, who drew landscapes in a highly individual style. He was 76 when he started to record his memories in the form of imaginary landscapes, and he produced over 2,000 drawings during the last decade of his life. His work is an example of what is sometimes called Outsider Art.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1889
Missouri - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Missouri
- Died
- Dec 25, 1972
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on July 23, 2013
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