Mose Tolliver

Mose Tolliver (1920 - 2006) was born, raised, and became famous in Montgomery, Alabama. With only a third grade education, Mose found work as a truck farmer, landscaper and eventually as maintenance man at a furniture company. Unfortunately, he suffered from a crushed ankle when a large piece of marble fell from a forklift at work. After the accident, Mose began to teach himself to paint at the urging of his former employer. His work shows his unique vision in subtle uses of color and highly stylized forms.

The work of Mose Tolliver was first brought to national attention by the Corcoran Gallery. Since then, his paintings have been displayed and purchased by many museums throughout the United States.

"Cross with Two Birds and Animal" paint on board 40 x 16 3/4" exhibited May 6 - July 30, 2007 at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture in "Pure Paint: A Retrospective of Montgomery's Mose T" $2250

"Grotesque Self Portrait Blue" paint on board 25 1/2 x 19 1/2" $1850

"Mermaid Woman" paint on board 30 x 10 3/4" $1650

"Dry Bones Charlie" paint on board 35 x 14" $1800

"Flowers on Round Board" paint on board 16 x 16" $1200

"Orange Bird" paint on board, circa 1970s, formerly owned by the late Robert Bishop, first director of the Museum of American Folk Art 11 x 11 1/2" $1600

"Eagle" paint on board 15 x 16" exhibited May 6 - July 30, 2007 at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture in "Pure Paint: A Retrospective of Montgomery's Mose T" $1200

"Two-sided Pink Stump" paint on wood 14 x 15" $895

"Mother and Baby Eagle" paint on board 10 1/4 x 14" $950

"Woman on Exercise Rack" 1986 paint on board 16 x 16 3/4" $1400

"Woman with Artist's Real Hair" paint and hair on board 13 x 14 1/2" $1900

"Green Turtle" paint on board 24 x 16" $950

"Purple Turtle" paint on board 19 x 10 3/4" $950

"Bird with Peach Dots" paint on board 15 x 16" $800

"Figure with Two Crosses" paint on board 15 x 16" $950

"Evening Star Flower" paint on board 23 x 25" $1450

"Yellow and Blue Birds" paint on board 17 x 28 1/4" $1100

"Dancing Girl" paint on board 20 1/2 x 18" $1450

"Lady with Red Hair" (painted by Annie, signed by Mose) paint on board 22 x 26 1/2" $895

"Two Turtles and a Fish" paint on board 30 1/2 x 14" $1150

"Blue Turtle" paint on board 24 1/2 x 22" $1100

"Moose Woman on Exercise Bar" paint on board 24 x 24" $1600

"Cloud Animal" paint on board 20 x 16" exhibited May 6 - July 30, 2007 at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture in "Pure Paint: A Retrospective of Montgomery's Mose T" $1400

"French Turtle" paint on industrial plastic 24 x 18" late 1970's $1800

"Spotted Bird and Blackbird" paint on board 26 x 24" $1600

"George Washington Pink" paint on board 24 x 24" $1350

"George Washington Pink Nose" paint on board 32 x 24" $1650

"Yellow Grotesque Self Portrait" paint on board 24 x 14 1/2" $1700

"Nall Woman" paint on board 30 x 15 1/2" $1800

"Grotesque Self Portrait Gray" paint on board 32 1/2 x 16" $1550

"Dancing Lady 1984" paint on board 22 x 14 1/2" $1500

"Midnight Love Folks" paint on board 24 x 12" $1800

"Purple Hair Woman on Exercise Rack" paint on board 27 x 22" $1650

"Botanical 1980" paint on board 19 x 21" exhibited May 6 - July 30, 2007 at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture in "Pure Paint: A Retrospective of Montgomery's Mose T" $1600