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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Top Cat, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Top Cat, 2001-2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. 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)

  3. Gina Butiful, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina Butiful, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. Untitled by Hans Peter Adamski, Image 1.

    Hans Peter Adamski

    Untitled, 1993

    Paint and ink

    35.8125 x 27 in (90.96 x 68.58 cm)

  6. Philadelphia Cemetery by David Schofield, Image 1.

    David Schofield

    Philadelphia Cemetery, 1985

    Ink on parchment

    30 x 70 in (76.2 x 177.8 cm)

  7. 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)

  8. Gina and Husband by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina and Husband

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 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.