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Minnie Evans

1892–1987

WA-00030812

PaintingOutsider Art

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None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ15462261 ULAN500081017

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7524
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Minnie Evans was an American visionary artist who created intricate, densely patterned drawings and paintings populated by hybrid creatures, celestial motifs, and ornamental botanical forms. Working primarily in pen, ink, and watercolor from the 1940s until her death, she developed a distinctive visual language rooted in spiritual experience and dream imagery. Her work remained largely outside institutional art contexts during her lifetime, emerging as a significant discovery in late-twentieth-century American folk and outsider art discourse.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Outsider Art

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Painting

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (12)

Untitled

1973 · Crayon, pencil, and ink on paper

11 7/8 x 9" (30.2 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing #402

1967 · Acrylic, with gold metallic paint, touches of oil paint, black fiber-tipped pen and red colored pencil, over graphite, varnished with gel-medium, on off-white wove card

28 × 35 cm (11 1/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Green Animal

1963 · Colored pencil, crayon, oil, and pencil on paper

8 3/4 × 11 7/16" (22.3 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing #114

1962 · Oil pastel and colored pencils, with pen and black ink and touches of acrylic paint, over graphite, selectively varnished with gel-medium, on ivory wove paper

30.2 × 22.4 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8" (30.1 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1948 · Wax crayon, pen and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1948 · Crayon and pencil on paper

9 3/4 × 7 1/8" (24.8 × 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1944 · Crayon and pencil on paper

11 1/2 × 9 5/8" (29.2 × 24.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Pencil and crayon on paper

7 3/8 x 5" (18.7 x 12.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Pencil, crayon, and ballpoint pen on paper

7 1/2 × 5 1/8" (19.1 × 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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My Very First

1935 · Pen and ink on paper

Sheet (Irregular): 5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (14 × 20 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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My Second

1935 · Pen and ink on paper

Sheet (Irregular): 5 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (14.3 × 19.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (3)

12 published of 19 catalogued · 16 with image

MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
Whitney
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Outsider Art

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

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New York · 1972