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Joseph Yoakum

African American artist (1889-1972) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 83

Joseph Elmer Yoakum was an American self-taught painter. He was of African-American and possibly of Native American-descent, and was known for his landscape paintings in the outsider art-style.

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He was age 76 when he started to record his memories in the form of imaginary landscapes and produced over 2,000 drawings during the last decade of his life.

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Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1972 · aged 83