Carlos Alpha Moon | |
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Born | 1906
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | 1953
Florala, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 46–47)
Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, Florala, U.S. |
Education |
Andalusia High School Auburn University |
Occupation | Painter |
Spouse | Sadie Pouncey |
Children | 1 daughter |
Carlos A. Moon, also known as Shiney Moon, (1906–1953) was an American painter from the state of Alabama. He was a member of the Dixie Art Colony and the Bayou Art Colony. Initially an oil painter, he became "one of Dixie's most widely known water color artists." [1]
Moon was born in 1906 in Birmingham, Alabama. [2] [3] He grew up in Andalusia, Alabama, where he graduated from Andalusia High School in 1925. [1] He attended Auburn University, then known as the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, in 1927–1928. [3]
Moon took up painting in 1942. [4] He was invited to join the Dixie Art Colony by its founder John Kelly Fitzpatrick in 1944 as an oil painter. [2] [3] [5] He first exhibited his work at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in 1946, and he became a watercolorist shortly after. [5]
With Fitzpatrick and Genevieve Southerland, Moon co-founded the Bayou Art Colony in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, where he taught watercolor painting. [5] He also taught painting in Brewton, Geneva and Andalusia. [4] Moon became the president of the Watercolor Society of Alabama and the vice president of the Alabama Art League. [3] He was described as "one of Dixie's most widely known water color artists" by the Andalusia Star-News. [1]
His artwork was initially realist, and it later became more abstract, depicting "a more dynamic world with simplified forms, sharp angles, or swirls in stronger, contrasting colors, especially primarily hues." [6]
Moon married Sadie Pouncey; they had a daughter, and they resided in Florala, Alabama. Moon died in 1953, at age 47, and he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Florala. [1] [5]
Carlos Alpha Moon | |
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Born | 1906
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | 1953
Florala, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 46–47)
Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, Florala, U.S. |
Education |
Andalusia High School Auburn University |
Occupation | Painter |
Spouse | Sadie Pouncey |
Children | 1 daughter |
Carlos A. Moon, also known as Shiney Moon, (1906–1953) was an American painter from the state of Alabama. He was a member of the Dixie Art Colony and the Bayou Art Colony. Initially an oil painter, he became "one of Dixie's most widely known water color artists." [1]
Moon was born in 1906 in Birmingham, Alabama. [2] [3] He grew up in Andalusia, Alabama, where he graduated from Andalusia High School in 1925. [1] He attended Auburn University, then known as the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, in 1927–1928. [3]
Moon took up painting in 1942. [4] He was invited to join the Dixie Art Colony by its founder John Kelly Fitzpatrick in 1944 as an oil painter. [2] [3] [5] He first exhibited his work at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in 1946, and he became a watercolorist shortly after. [5]
With Fitzpatrick and Genevieve Southerland, Moon co-founded the Bayou Art Colony in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, where he taught watercolor painting. [5] He also taught painting in Brewton, Geneva and Andalusia. [4] Moon became the president of the Watercolor Society of Alabama and the vice president of the Alabama Art League. [3] He was described as "one of Dixie's most widely known water color artists" by the Andalusia Star-News. [1]
His artwork was initially realist, and it later became more abstract, depicting "a more dynamic world with simplified forms, sharp angles, or swirls in stronger, contrasting colors, especially primarily hues." [6]
Moon married Sadie Pouncey; they had a daughter, and they resided in Florala, Alabama. Moon died in 1953, at age 47, and he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Florala. [1] [5]