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Loy Allen Bowlin

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Education
  
None

Known for
  
Outsider art

Period
  
Outsider art

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Loy Bowlin


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Born
  
1909
Franklin County, Mississippi

Notable work
  
Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy

Awards
  
Southern Arts Federation/NEA Fellowship for Painting and Works on Paper

Died
  
June 14, 1995, McComb, Mississippi, United States

Loy Allen Bowlin (1909–1995), also known as The Original Rhinestone Cowboy, was an outsider artist from McComb, Mississippi. His artwork largely included bejeweling his clothing, Cadillac, home and even his dentures with thousands of rhinestones. Bowlin's life and work have been acclaimed by various outsider art critics and periodicals including Raw Vision.

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After his death, Bowlin's Mississippi home, the Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy, was acquired by the Kohler Foundation, Inc. and was moved to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where it is on permanent display.

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Loy Allen Bowlin Loy Allen Bowlin The Original Rhinestone Cowboy Outsider Art

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Loy Allen Bowlin UNTITLED COLLAGE by Loy Bowlin aka The Rhinestone Cowboy intuitive eye

References

Loy Allen Bowlin Wikipedia