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Elijah Pierce

Elijah Pierce (1892–1984) bụ onye na-akụ osisi na ike afụ nke 20. Ọ pụtara iji mma akpa akpa ihe mgbe ọ dị obere.  O buru ụzọ mụọ anụmanụ n'ihi na ọ tolitere n'ugbo.  A na-elekọta Pierce na 1982 site na fim nke National Heritage Fellowship maka nka ya na ekiri ya na obodo ịcha osisi.

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Pierce bụ ọdụdụ nwa n'ime mpaghara ya, onye amuru n'ugbo na Baldwyn, Mississippi, na Maachị 5, 1892. [1] Nna ya bụbu ohu, ma ree ya n'aka nne ya mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ.  [2] Pierce egwu ịwa osisi mgbe ọ dị afụ asaa, mgbe nna ya nyere ya akpa akpa ya mbụ.  Nwanne nna ya, Lewis Wallace, igbochi ya otú e si akpụ ọrịa ndị dị ime anya.  [3] Pierce na-enye iwu ndị ọzọ ihe osise ya n'akwụkwọ akwụkwọ ya.  Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma, Pierce ihe na ya achọghị ọrụ ugbo dị ka nna ya.  [4] Ọ na-ahụ n'ebe a na-akpụ isi n' ahụ, ma ebe a ka ọ ozira ozi nke ya.  N'afọ 1908, ọ nhụjuanya isi dị ka akara, [5] mechara mechara onye ma ama bụrụ ama.  [6] Nwoke ime ohere, o ikike akwụkwọ ikike nke onye obodo Baptist na 1920. Ɔ ndida wee onye ọrụ Columbus nke ọma n'ofe akwụkwọ Mississippi, biri na 1923 na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-akpụ isi [1]

Ọtụtụ ihe osise Pierce mere maka nwunye ya. N'afọ ndị 1920, Pierce rụrụ anụmanụ niile a kpụrụ akpụ maka nwunye ya Cornelia. Anụmanụ ọ bụla nọchiri anya akụkọ dị iche, mgbe ụfọdụ na-ezo aka anụ ọhịa Jenesis, ma ọ bụ anụmanụ sitere n'akụkọ ifo n'oge ntorobịa ya. [2] Ọrụ kacha amasị Pierce n'onwe ya bụ Akwụkwọ Osisi, n'ezie nnukwu akwụkwọ osisi nke Pierce kpụrụ n'ime ya. Akwụkwọ ahụ kọwara akụkọ banyere Jizọs. Akwụkwọ osisi bụ ụdị ihe osise mbụ Pierce mere dị iche na obere ihe ọkpụkpụ ya. Ọ ga-aga n'ihu na-eme ọtụtụ ihe osise dị ka Akwụkwọ osisi, nke ọ bụla nwere akụkọ nke ya na isiokwu zuru ụwa ọnụ. [3]

Achọpụtara ọrụ Pierce site na ụwa nka bụ isi na ụdị 1970, [1] wee tinye ya na ihe ngosi na veranda dị ka Krannert Art Museum, Phyllis Kind Gallery nke New York, National Museum of American Art, na Renwick Gallery.  .  Ọrụ ya dị nchịkọta nke American Folk Art Museum, na nchịkọta na-agwụcha nke Philadelphia Museum of Art. [4]

Na 1973, Pierce ihe nrite mbụ na nke Mba Nile nke Naive Art na Zagreb, Yugoslavia.  Ọ bụ onye nnata nke 1982 National Heritage Fellowship nyere site na National Endowment for Arts, nke bụ iche elu nke United States na nkà ndị mmadụ na omenala.  [1] Mkpa nke awụ ahụ bụ nke mbụ NEA nyere.

Na 1991, a kpọbatara ya na National Barber Museum Hall of Fame. [5]

A na-ewere Pierce n'ozuzu ya ma na-echeta ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-ese osisi kachasị na nke kachasị emetụta n'ime narị afọ ole na ole gara aga. [6]

Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex dị na Columbus, Ohio, gosiri aha Elijah Pierce Gallery na nọmba ya.  [1] nwere ikike ihe ngosi nka nke Columbus ihe ụmụaka 300 ngosi ọrụ ya.  [1] Ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ na ụgbọ mmiri Pierce ike ekele ruo mgbe ọ nwụsịrị.

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Pierce bụ nna bụbu ohu mụrụ. Nwanne nna ya, Lewis Wallace, kụziiri ya otú e si zụlite nkà ya maka ịcha osisi. [1]

Pierce lụrụ nwunye mbụ ya, Zetta Palm, ma mụọ nwa nwoke na ya. Nkwụ nwụrụ n'oge a mụrụ nwa ha nwoke. Na Septemba 1923, Pierce ga-alụ Cornelia Houeston, nwunye ya nke abụọ. [2] Mgbe ọ dị afọ 61, Houeston nwụrụ n'ihi ọrịa cancer na 1948. Na 1949, Pierce ga-alụ nwunye ya nke atọ na nke ikpeazụ, Estelle Green.

Pierce nọrọ n'ebe dị anya na otu nwa nwoke ọ mụrụ. [7]

Pierce nwụrụ na Mee 7, 1984, n' ọgwụ St. Anthony na Columbus, n'ihi nkụchi obi sere onyinyo.

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Ntụaka

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lloyd (July 1, 1995). "Elijah Pierce, woodcarver". The Journal of American Folklore 108 (429): 357–359. DOI:10.2307/541891.  Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Lloyd" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 Elijah Pierce Biography. www.cscc.edu. Retrieved on 2016-11-03. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Stamberg. "'Every Piece I Carve Is A Message': Elijah Pierce Aimed To Do God's Work In Wood", NPR News, October 1, 2020. Retrieved on 2020-10-07. (in en)
  4. "Father Time", Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved on 26 March 2017.
  5. 1991 Elijah Pierce. The National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame. Retrieved on January 28, 2023.
  6. "Artists to commemorate life of Elijah Pierce", Call & Post, March 4, 1993.
  7. Litt (1993). Barber who carved world of his dreams. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 

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