Eddie Arning, (1898-1993) crayon and cray pas on paper. Paper size 19" x 24-3/4" , frame size 33-1/2" x 27-3/4".
Texas-born Eddie Arning‰Ûªs drawings of popular scenes constitute a significant contribution to the canon of American outsider art. Arning began drawing  during his stay in a mental facility, working with Crayola crayons and drawing  compositions of flat planes and simple figures. He quickly developed as an artist, moving from crayons to oil pastels and embracing complicated and chromatic compositions. Arning‰Ûªs subject matter expanded to include references to his rural upbringing and popular advertising figures such as Colonel Sanders, continuing a tradition of artists producing Americana imagery. Although Arning had a prolific output in the 1960s, he stopped producing art upon leaving the mental institution in the 1970s.

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