Pappy Kitchens and the Saga of Red Eye the Rooster

by William Dunlap

Book Overview

O. W. "Pappy" Kitchens (1901-1986) was born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, and began painting at age sixty-seven. His self-taught, narrative, visual art springs directly from the oral tradition of parable and storytelling with which he grew up. A self-declared folk artist, Kitchens claimed, "I paint about folks, what folks see and what folks do."

His magnum opus, The Saga of Red Eye the Rooster, was painted between 1973 and 1976 and presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496809173
• ISBN13: 9781496809179
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.5" x 9.4"