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Mose Tolliver

Untitled Watermelon by Mose Tolliver AKA Moset
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Watermelon wood, paint, soda tab approx: 14 5 x 19.5" date
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Untitled Birds by Mose Tolliver AKA Moset
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Birds wood, paint, soda tab approx: 14.5 x 19.5" date unknown
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Untitled Blue Watermelon by Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3169)
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Ble Watermelon wood, paint, soda tab approx: 7.5 x 15.5" date
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Untitled Spotted Animal by Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3174)
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Spotted Animal wood, paint, soda tab approx: 23 x 33.25 date
Category

Late 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Untitled Pink Eagle by Mose Tolliver AKA Moset INV# NP3173)
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Pink Eagle (INV# NP3173) wood, paint, soda tab approx: 10.25 x 16
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Untitled
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Mose Tolliver Untitled Paint on wood panel 11.8 x 23.8 inches (30 x 60.5 cm)
Category

Late 20th Century Outsider Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

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Untitled (Snake and Turtle) Self-taught, Outsider Art
By Mose Tolliver
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Alligator Gar Fish
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Untitled Birds by Moset Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3168)
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Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Birds wood, paint, soda tab approx: 14.5 x 22.5" date unknown
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Untitled Nude by Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3175)
By Mose Tolliver
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Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Naked Woman found wood, paint, soda tab date unknown signed
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Untitled Gray Lady by Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3172)
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Gray Lady wood, paint, string approx: 31.25 x 20.25" date unknown
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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(Man in red pants and blue hat - self portrait by Mose Tolliver )
By Mose Tolliver
Located in New York, NY
House paint on wood 32"x19.5" Self portrait of Mose Tolliver with crutches, wearing blue hat and
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Watermelon
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Storrs, CT
Mose Tolliver's "Watermelon." House paint on wood. Board measures 11 3/4 x 23 15/16 x 1/4
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1990s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings

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Watermelon
Watermelon
H 11.75 in W 23.94 in D 0.25 in
Purple Bus.
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Storrs, CT
. Mose Tolliver often painted buses or other vehicles with passengers. This charming color combination
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Purple Bus.
Purple Bus.
H 21.5 in W 10.5 in D 0.38 in
Snake Hanging from Its Tail (vertical format)
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, Mose Tolliver was forced to retire from his job in a Montgomery, Alabama, furniture factory after a
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Self-Portrait
By Mose Tolliver
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late 1960s, Mose Tolliver was forced to retire from his job in a Montgomery, Alabama, furniture factory
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Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
H 32 in W 16 in D 0.32 in
"Watermelon" Iconic, Folk Art, Colorful, Acrylic on Board
By Mose Tolliver
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"Watermelon" is an iconic painting by the Folk Artist Mose Tolliver. It is charming in its
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1980s Folk Art Still-life Paintings

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(Green-faced lady in spotted dress)
By Mose Tolliver
Located in New York, NY
House paint on panel board. Green woman in spotted dress. Signed MoseT, dated on reverse 89.5
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Untitled Dragon by Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T (INV# NP3171)
By Mose Tolliver
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Mose Tolliver AKA Mose T Untitled Dragon wood, paint, soda tab approx: 11.5 x 21" date unknown
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Mose Tolliver for sale on 1stDibs

In the late 1960s, Mose Tolliver’s career as a landscaper ended when a heavy crate of marble crushed his ankle. At the encouragement of his former employer, Tolliver began painting images with house paint directly onto discarded surfaces like furniture and wooden boards. He is now remembered as one of America’s most highly regarded self-taught artists of the late 20th century.

He was born in 1924 into a sharecropping family that lived near Montgomery, Alabama. After he was injured while working for the McLendon Furniture Company, Tolliver taught himself to paint birds, flowers and trees. He later expanded into painting images of people, animals, mythical creatures and religious symbols.

While sitting in his bedroom that doubled as a studio, Tolliver frequently laid his chosen material across his knees while he painted. His canvases consisted of broken furniture pieces, Masonite, old table tops and anything else Tolliver could get his hands on. He initially preferred to use oil-based paint, referring to it as “pure paint,” before moving on to water-based latex house paint.

With his limited materials, Tolliver often only had a few colors from which to choose. Despite these limitations, Tolliver achieved a harmony in his art that complemented his subjects and backgrounds. 

Tolliver’s work was recognized by Mitchell Kahan, a former curator at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. At Kahan’s recommendation, the museum held Tolliver’s first solo exhibition in 1981. A man of humble modesty and extreme dedication, Tolliver dismissed any notions of grandeur and once stated to the museum’s advertising team, “I’m not interested in art. I just want to paint my pictures.” 

His work was part of the major 1982 exhibition Black Folk Art in America 1930–1980 at the Corcoran Gallery. It is now in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Tolliver painted consistently until a severe stroke in 2005. He died on October 30, 2006.

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