This #Shorts video remembers Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), the African American Sculptor who trained at Hampton University. He created at least 80 wooden basswood carving of his family and his friends in Richmond Virginia. His work was recognized by the Harmon Foundation in Harlem and exhibited across the United States,
The video features the following carvings as they appear: Saver of Soles (1941), Sister Tuesday (1934), Beautiful Woman (1931), Cousin-on-Friday (1935), At Work (1937), Sewing Seeds (1941), and the Boxer (1933).
This video is one of more than 70 tributes to woodworkers, and, if you want more extended life stories, we ask you to subscribe to this Hoosierwoodcraft channel.
I want to thank Barbara C. Batson for her book, Freeing Art from Wood, the Sculptures of Leslie Garland Bolling, and Doug Maxwell for his YouTube’s composition Jazz Organ Trio Cool Blue. Recommend you look at https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/bolling/recognition.asp for copies of other sculptures.
