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 Sam Doyle in St. Helena, South Carolina, surrounded by his paintings | |
| Born | Thomas Samuel Doyle 1906 St. Helena Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | 1985 (aged 78–79) St. Helena Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting, Out Door Art Gallery |
| Movement | Modern Art |
Thomas "Sam" Doyle (1906–1985) was an African-American artist from Saint Helena Island, South Carolina.[1] His colorful paintings on sheet metal and wood recorded the history and people of St. Helena's Gullah community.
Sam Doyle was born in 1906 near Frogmore, on St. Helena Island.[2] He attended elementary school at the Penn School, a school for freed African-Americans founded by Unitarians and Quakers from Pennsylvania.[3] It was at the Penn School that Doyle's teachers first recognized his artistic talent and they encouraged him to pursue his practice.[3][4] Doyle dropped out of the Penn school in the ninth grade and found employment variously as a store clerk, porter, groundskeeper and finally as a laundry worker.[5][6][7]
He married Maude Brown in 1931 or 1932; the two divorced in 1949.[8] Doyle died in 1985 in Beaufort, South Carolina.[2]
Doyle continued his art practice in the 1940s, showing his paintings on sheet metal at first in his yard that he called his "Outdoor World-Wide-International Gallery".[9][10][11] Doyle would use discarded materials such as metal roofing, plywood, and house paint for his art, exhibiting a rudimentary, but unique art style.[12] After his retirement he took up his art practice more fully in 1968.[5][13]
Doyle was heavily influenced by the Gullah culture of St. Helena Island, known for its high levels of African retention.[14] Doyle documented the strengths, weaknesses, trials, and blunders of his fellow St. Helena residents through painting their portraits. Doyle also documented popular figures of the African American community. Legends like Ray Charles, Martin Luther King Jr, and Jackie Robinson were portrayed in Doyle's collection.[15]
Doyle's work was included in the 1982 exhibition Black Folk Art in America at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.[16]
Doyle's paintings and sculptures are held in the permanent collections of American Folk Art Museum,[17] the High Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[18] the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[19] the Gibbes Museum of Art[20] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[21][22] and Penn Center (Penn School on St. Helena Island).
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Thomas "Sam" Doyle (1906–1985) was an African-American artist from Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. His colorful paintings on sheet metal and wood recorded the history and people of St. Helena's Gullah community.
Sam Doyle (1906–1985) was a Gullah folk artist. Sam or Samuel Doyle may also refer to: Sam Doyle (musician), drummer with The Maccabees Sam Doyle (rugby union) (1970–2022), New Zealand rugby player Sam Doyle, character in Flight Lieutenant Samuel Doyle (politician) for 74th New York State Legislature
Samuel Campbell Doyle (28 January 1970 — 1 October 2022) was a New Zealand professional rugby union player. Raised in Ōtaki, Doyle was the oldest of four children and played locally for the Rāhui club. Doyle, primarily a fullback, played top-level rugby in New Zealand through the 1990s. He was an All Black triallist and made several appearances for New Zealand Māori, including a match against the touring 1993 British Lions. In 1996, Doyle joined the Hurricanes as an injury replacement for Christian Cullen and played two Super 12 matches, scoring a try in their win over the Highlanders at Carisbrook. A teacher by profession, Doyle taught at te reo Māori-speaking schools and had five years as a principal. Doyle died of leukemia in 2022 at the age of 52.
The Maccabees are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in London. The band consists of Orlando Weeks (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Felix White (guitar, backing vocals), Hugo White (guitar, backing vocals), Rupert Jarvis (bass) and Sam Doyle (drums). During the band's initial run, they released four studio albums: Colour It In in 2007, followed by Wall of Arms in 2009, Given to the Wild which was released on 9 January 2012 and their last album Marks to Prove It released on 31 July 2015. The band announced their decision to disband in August 2016, with farewell gigs taking place in 2017. On 25 October 2024, it was announced that the band were reuniting after seven years of inactivity.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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