BLENDING COLORS FROM LIFE: TRENTON'S OWN WATERCOLORIST, TOM MALLOY

BLENDING COLORS FROM LIFE: TRENTON'S OWN WATERCOLORIST, TOM MALLOYOral history comes alive in this fascinating tale of Tom Malloy (1912 ), former Artist Laureate of Trenton, New Jersey and the darling of myriad art lovers. Conversations with this self taught, African American master painter of cityscapes guide the reader through his adventures as a South Carolinian sharecroppers son, a young man in Trentons industrial heyday, a civil rights activist, a Methodist lay minister, and a celebrated artist. Twelve chapters

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