High Museum Receives Over 100 Sculptures By Self-Taught Artists

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March 8th, 2021

American polychrome carved wooden sculpture depicting George Washington on horseback. This early 20th century piece, by an unidentified artist, was a gift to the High Museum from the Levine Folk Art Collection.

Courtesy of The High Museum of Art

The High Museum has new additions to its permanent collection: 114 sculpted wooden figurines by self-taught North American artists — a recent gift from Connecticut-based art collectors Anne and Robert Levine.

“City Lights” host Lois Reitzes was joined by the curator of folk and self-taught art at Atlanta’s High Museum, Katherine Jentleson, to explore this historic acquisition.

Among the collection’s works highlighted in the interview:

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