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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Natalie Wood, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Natalie Wood, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Chuck Norris, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Chuck Norris, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Cofer

    The Tourist, 1977

    Color pencil on paper

    28 x 38.5 in (71.12 x 97.79 cm)

  4. Study of Figures and Horses by Eugène Delacroix, Image 1.

    Eugène Delacroix

    Study of Figures and Horses, c. 1820

    Ink on paper

    7.5 x 11.5 in (19.05 x 29.21 cm)

  5. Unknown title by Robert Lindsey Walker, Image 1.

    Robert Lindsey Walker

    Unknown title, No date

    Marker and ink on paper

    11 x 14.75 in (27.94 x 37.47 cm)

  6. Genes Weather Net by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Genes Weather Net, No date

    Ink and marker on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. The American Bird House, 20020 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The American Bird House, 20020, No date

    Ink and highlighter on paper

    11.875 x 9 in (30.16 x 22.86 cm)

  8. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 6.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    10.125 x 8 in (25.72 x 20.32 cm)

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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.