# Annie Hooper > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Annie_Hooper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Annie_Hooper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hooper > Source revision: 1332083274 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American sculptor}} '''Annie Hooper''' (26 February 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a sculptor of visionary religious art from [Buxton, North Carolina](/source/Buxton%2C_North_Carolina). Her work is an example of [folk art](/source/folk_art), [outsider art](/source/outsider_art), and [visionary art](/source/visionary_art).{{cite book |last1=Manley |first1=Roger |title=A Blessing From the Source: The Annie Hooper Bequest |publisher=North Carolina Humanities Council |date=1988 |url=https://archive.org/details/blessingfromsour00unse |accessdate=2014-12-08 }}{{Cite journal |last=Wojcik |first=Daniel |date=2008 |title=Outsider Art, Vernacular Traditions, Trauma, and Creativity |journal=Western Folklore |volume=67 |issue=2/3 |pages=179–198 |via=EBSCOhost}} ==Early life== Annie Miller was born in [Buxton](/source/Buxton%2C_North_Carolina), on [Cape Hatteras](/source/Cape_Hatteras), and was raised in a [Methodist](/source/Methodist) family of 13 children and 14 foster children. Annie briefly attended college in [Blackstone, Virginia](/source/Blackstone%2C_Virginia), before marrying John Hooper and moving to [Stumpy Point](/source/Stumpy_Point%2C_North_Carolina). John worked as a fisherman, while Annie taught Sunday school, played organ, and wrote poetry. The couple had one child, Edgar. John and Edgar served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and during their absence Annie suffered the first in a series of depressions. After the war, the Hoopers moved to Buxton and opened a motel. ==Sculptures== Annie Hooper began sculpting upon returning from a prolonged mental health treatment in [Raleigh](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina). Her first sculpture, ''Moses on Mount Nebo looking over the River Jordan into the Promised Land of Canaan'', was created from [driftwood](/source/driftwood), [putty](/source/putty), and house paint. Later figures (which she referred to as “symbols”) incorporated [cement](/source/cement) and [shells](/source/seashells), and were accompanied by descriptive placards. During the forty years she was active as an artist, Hooper created nearly 5,000 sculptures, which she arranged throughout her home in tableaus representing an estimated 300 Biblical scenes.{{cite book|author=Roger Manley|title=Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina|year=1989|publisher=North Carolina Museum of Art|isbn=978-0-88259-957-1}}{{Cite web |last=Ingalls |first=Zoë |date=16 June 1995 |title=Vivid Perceptions From a Self-Taught Artist |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/vivid-perceptions-from-a-self-taught-artist/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Chronicle of Higher Education}} Hooper did not sell any of her work, preferring to lead visitors on tours in which she used the figures to act out religious stories.{{cite letter |first=Roger |last=Manley |recipient=Catherine Peck |url=http://www.spacesarchives.org/uploads/2014/03/25/nc442hooper017.pdf |accessdate=2014-12-08 |subject=Annie Hooper }} ==Legacy== Following Hooper’s death, preservation of her work was overseen by folklorist Roger Manley, with financial assistance from [The Jargon Society](/source/The_Jargon_Society).{{cite book|author=John Maizels|title=Raw creation: outsider art and beyond|date=7 November 1996|publisher=Phaidon Press Limited}}{{Cite journal |last=Cardinal |first=Roger |date=2000 |title=The Vulnerability of Outsider Architecture |journal=Southern Quarterly |volume=39 |issue=1/2 |via=EBSCOhost}} It is now housed in the permanent collection of [North Carolina State University](/source/North_Carolina_State_University)’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design. A solo exhibition of Hooper’s work, titled ''A Blessing from the Source'', was held in 1988. ==See also== *[Howard Finster](/source/Howard_Finster) *[Minnie Evans](/source/Minnie_Evans) *[Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village](/source/Grandma_Prisbrey's_Bottle_Village) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.spacesarchives.org/explore/collection/environment/bible-stories/ Annie Hooper in the SPACES Archive] - photographs and historical documents, including Hooper's correspondence with art historian Seymour Rosen *[https://archive.org/details/blessingfromsour00unse Blessing From the Source] - 1988 exhibition catalog {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Annie}} Category:1897 births Category:1986 deaths Category:People from Dare County, North Carolina Category:Sculptors from North Carolina Category:American folk artists Category:American women folk artists Category:Visionary environments in the United States Category:20th-century American sculptors Category:20th-century American women sculptors Category:American women outsider artists Category:American outsider artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Annie Hooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hooper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hooper?action=history)). 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