Earl Cunningham
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Earl Cunningham (1893 - 1977)
Cunningham's father told him he was a man at age 13, so he left the family farm in Maine and traveled as a tinker, junkman and fisherman, among other occupations.
Cunningham settled in Saint Augustine, Florida where he opened a second-hand shop called the Over-Fork Gallery. He began to paint, showing his work at his shop with "not for sale" labels. He was known as a crusty eccentric and was documented, along with his shop, by photographer Jerry Uelsmann.
When he committed suicide at age 84, his work was already in many private collections, including that of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Today his work can be seen in many museums, with a large collection at the Mennello Museum in Orlando, Florida.
Compiled from information from the Mennello Museum of Folk Art.
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| | |  | Paint on masonite - framed in wood by the artist...included in the Smithsonian in D.C., Mennello Collection in Orlando and the American Folk Art Museum in NYC. | actual painting is 10" by 21" unframed
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