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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Billy Joel, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Billy Joel, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Ronnie Millsap, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ronnie Millsap, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  3. Untitled (Greek Drawing) by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Untitled (Greek Drawing), 1979

    Oil crayon on paper

    14.5 x 10.5 in (36.83 x 26.67 cm)

  4. Bird by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Bird, 1967

    Ink on paper

    12.75 x 16.875 in (32.39 x 42.86 cm)

  5. Mama Reading by David Burliuk, Image 2.

    David Burliuk

    Mama Reading, 1946

    Graphite on paper

    13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 cm)

  6. Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz by Lovis Corinth, Image 1.

    Lovis Corinth

    Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz, 1917

    Pencil on paper

    12.375 x 9.875 in (31.43 x 25.08 cm)

  7. Smiling Crowd by Reginald Marsh, Image 1.

    Reginald Marsh

    Smiling Crowd, no date

    Ink on paper

  8. Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011

    Ink on paper

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About the artist

Gene Merritt

American

1936-2015

Gene Merritt was an American artist based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, who never left his home state after suffering from brain damage as a boy. He was self-taught, and his access to the external world came primarily through television. Therefore, much of his work was centered around the celebrity phenomenon, with portraits being drawn from memory or otherwise loosely based off of celebrities seen in film or on TV. He began drawing in 1992, and primarily used ballpoint pen to piece together fragments of the celebrity’s figure like a puzzle. His work is noted in the Collection de l’Art Brut.