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Thomas "Sam" Doyle (1906–1985) was an African-American artist from Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. His colorful paintings on sheet metal and wood recorded the history and people of St. Helena's Gullah community.
July 1, 2022– March 26, 2023. We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection traces the rise of self-taught artists in the twentieth century and examines how, despite wide-ranging societal, racial, and gender-based obstacles, their creativity and.
- March 23, 1906
- September 24, 1985
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Sam Doyle. Born 1906, near Frogmore, South Carolina. Died 1985, Beaufort, South Carolina. Sam Doyle grew up on Saint Helena Island, a remote South Carolina enclave populated mainly by the descendants of African slaves, who vastly outnumbered whites.
Sam Doyle (1906-1985) was a prolific and dedicated painter who documented the people, culture, and history of his island community in South Carolina. He created portraits, narrative scenes, and folk art sculptures with roots, tar, glass, and feathers.
17 de jun. de 2014 · Sam Doyle was born in 1906 on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, the center of the region’s Gullah community, where African influences thrived. He began making paintings on cast-off sheet metal and wood panels in 1944; most were portraits of people and events important to his community.
Sam Doyle - Biography | Ricco/Maresca. Photo by Roger Manley, 1983. Sam Doyle attended Penn School—founded in 1862 to teach skills to newly liberated slaves near the Sea Islands off South Carolina. It was during his years there that he first received encouragement for his art.
