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A painted wooden cut-out of a flying angel tooting a trumpet. The garment of the angel is compo…
Archangel Gabriel
A painted wooden cut-out of a flying angel tooting a trumpet. The garment of the angel is compo…
A painted wooden cut-out of a flying angel tooting a trumpet. The garment of the angel is composed of colorful indistinct faces and black hand-painted text, which is also present in the trumpet opening.
Archangel Gabriel, Rev. Howard Finster, 1984, paint on wood panel [luan], Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2024 Howard Finster / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Archangel Gabriel

Date1984
Mediumpaint on wood panel [luan]
Dimensions49 5/8 × 12 1/2 × 1/8 inches (126 × 31.8 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Allan and Gail Dinnerstein.
Object number2012.8.2
On View
Not on view
Copyright© 2024 Howard Finster / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws. Label TextThe Reverend Howard Finster is perhaps the most widely known and prolific American self-taught artist of the twentieth century, who produced over 46,000 works. Among the Georgia artist’s signature images are robed flying angels which appear in great numbers in his paintings and vision boxes. Angels also appeared as solo cutout figures such as this colorful example from the early 1980s.
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