Purple Chief #22, Jimmie Lee Sudduth Painting Size:46x24 1972 - Bond 8

1972 - Bond 8

A close-up of a serene woman wearing a vibrant blue headscarf

showing a lightly dressed woman in powdery snow

Printer: Lucien Serre

Exhibition - Painting and Sculpture Artist Union of Soviet

Purple Chief #22, Jimmie Lee Sudduth Painting Size:46x24 1972 - Bond 8A portrait of a Native American Chief, fantastically colored all in purple. Jimmie Lee Sudduth was one of the early masters of southern self taught art. He was born March 10, 1910 in Caines Ridge, Alabama, near Fayette, where he lived for most of his life. There he worked for years as a farm hand, although even from an early age Sudduth had an affinity for art. "I started drawin' when I was three years old, and I been drawin' ever since," he said. "I