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Jere Allen is a visual artist and a former professor of art at the
His work can be found at the Huntsville Museum of Art and Mobile Museum of Art, both of which are in
Online gallery with Allen's works
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University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment ...
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Life
Allen was born in 1944 in Selma, Alabama. He received a BFA degree from theRingling School of Art
Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded by Ludd M. Spivey as an art school in 1931 as a remote branch of Southern College but separated by 1933.
History
The origins of ...
, and an MFA from the University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...
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Work
His work can be described as figurative and is typically inspired by myths and symbols.he was labeled in 1999 by a regional newspaper as "the Mississippi Rembrandt".Art and Antiques
''Art & Antiques'' is an American arts magazine.
History
1984 launch
''Art & Antiques'' launched its premier issue in March 1984. While the magazine disclaimed any connection to a previous publication of the same name, the company had in fact b ...
has described Allen as a "modern-day master" known for his "dramatic, electric colors."
His work can be found at the Huntsville Museum of Art and Mobile Museum of Art, both of which are in Alabama
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. They can also be found at the Meridian Museum of Art
Meridian Museum of Art is an art museum located at 628 25th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1985. The building originally served as ...
, Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
, and Coos Art Museum, in Coos Bay
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, Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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In 2003, Allen's work toured Southeast Asia in the Washington-based Meridian International Center's exhibition, ''Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century''.
References
External links
Online gallery with Allen's works
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