Skip to profile content
Discovery
Log In
Viewing collection Drawing Clear context

Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Jack Lord, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jack Lord, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Prometheus by John W. Kelley, Image 1.

    John W. Kelley

    Prometheus, 1990

    Graphite, sanguine chalk, white and black chalk on taupe paper

    24 x 16 in (60.96 x 40.64 cm)

  3. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25 in (48.26 x 63.5 cm)

  4. Model On A Table In My Study by Norman Lundin, Image 1.

    Norman Lundin

    Model On A Table In My Study, c. 1975

    Charcoal on paper

    18.75 x 27.5 in (47.63 x 69.85 cm)

  5. Just a Hard Working Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just a Hard Working Man

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.375 in (27.94 x 21.27 cm)

  6. Jimmy Boyed, 2002-3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jimmy Boyed, 2002-3

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Butiful All Year Round by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Butiful All Year Round

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Hot Coffie Cup by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Hot Coffie Cup

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

View All Artworks

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.