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Sybil Gibson (American, 1908-1995)
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Sybil Gibson
Floral - Orange, Pink, Purple 1982-1992
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Sybil Gibson
Floral in Blue Oval
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Sybil Gibson
Portrait
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Biography |
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1908 |
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Born Sybil Aaron on February 18 in Dora, Alabama. College-educated, she became an elementary school teacher. She married Hugh Gibson after graduation and they had a daughter. |
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1963 |
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On Thanksgiving Day at 55 years of age she discovered art. She had not touched art since her artistic soul was crushed when as a girl she was told by an art class instructor that she had no talent. She began making own wrapping paper from brown grocery bags and tempura paint. By soaking a heavy cardboard box she discovered when she pealed off the outside thick paper layer it made a sturdy painting surface. Although this was a very painstaking and time-consuming procedure she chose to make her canvases in brown paper and cardboard. |
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1995 |
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Died |
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Gibson has been the subject of over 50 one-woman exhibitions - her work hangs in the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York as well as many other museums across the U.S. |
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