Woody Guthrie: Art Works

Woody Guthrie will allow us inside his journals to see everything from politically active statements to deeply personal drawings often in tandem with song lyrics and musical notations. This book comprises the largest collection of Woody Guthrie artwork ever to be published in the world. It contains a wealth of evocative paintings, drawings, watercolour, sketches, writings and other meaningful, inspirational material found in his hundreds of personal journals. This one-of-a-kind tribute portrays Americas beloved folk hero in new light: As a visual artist. Guthrie taught himself to draw growing up in American frontier towns during the Depression, and continued to draw, paint, sculpt, and cartoon throughout his life. Though he was as passionate about his artwork as he was about everything else created, these works have largely been hidden from the public. 'Woody Guthrie: Art Works' will for the first time display a varied selection of Guthries visual oeuvre, including original material drawn from the Woody Guthrie Archive in New York.