Illustrated Bibliography

This illustrated bibliography includes the video, “Folk Art, Outsider Art, Visionary Art: The Extraordinary Scrolls of Frank Calloway,” as well as newspaper and magazine articles about the artist, photographs of the reception for Frank Calloway’s exhibition at the Kentuck Art Center in 2006, and correspondence related to the saga of tracking down the scrolls so that they might be shown on this website.

“Folk Art, Outsider Art, Visionary Art: The Extraordinary Scrolls of Frank Calloway”

The Art of Medicine Rounds presentation by Alan Blum, MD at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, April 4, 2019.

Frank Calloway

Photographs of Frank Calloway taken at Bryce Hospital in July 2008.

Articles

“The world THROUGH the eyes OF A 105-YEAR OLD man” 

Article by Meredith Cummings
The Tuscaloosa News
October 21, 2001

“DRAWING FROM HIS PAST: Frank Calloway, 110, expresses his through art”

Article by Kris Kallies
The Tuscaloosa News
July 7, 2006

“111 and Counting: 111-year old artist enjoys every day”

Article by Lucinda Coulter
The Tuscaloosa News
July 23, 2007

“Alabama Exposure – Marking 112 Years” (2 pages)

Column by Dana Beyerle
The Tuscaloosa News
July 6, 2008

“‘A graceful angel’ at 112 years old: Frank Calloway’s art gains attention” (2 pages)

Article by Lisa Osburn
The Birmingham News
July 13, 2008

“Should highlight what people with disabilities can do, not what they can’t”

Letter by Alan Blum, MD
The Birmingham News
July 16, 2008

“At 112, Alabama man still spends his days drawing” (2 pages) 

Article by Kate Brumback
The Tuscaloosa News
July 21, 2008

“Tuscaloosa resident may be oldest man in nation” (2 pages)

Article by Desiree Hunter
The Tuscaloosa News
December 30, 2008

“112 AND STILL COUNTING…” (2 pages)

Article in Visions
The American Visionary Art Museum
2008

“Recognition at last for 112-year-old artist and his visions of Alabama” (extended page)

Article by David Usborne
The Independent (London, United Kingdom)
October 23, 2011

“Tuscaloosa folk artist, believed to be 118, dies” (2 pages)

Article by Mark Hughes Cobb
The Tuscaloosa News
September 6, 2014

Frank Calloway Exhibition Premiere, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Alabama, July 6, 2006

The Marriage of Science Art and Philosophy Exhibition, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008

FrankCalloway.com: 15 Years in the Making

Frank Calloway died in 2014, by which time permission had been granted by the county probate judge to have Calloway’s artworks photographed and catalogued. However, the art was requested from his second court-appointed guardian, she had just three pieces. The rest had last been in the possession of the first guardian, who had been removed from that position and was then unreachable. Finally, in 2016 after discovering that over 40 of Calloway’s artworks were for sale at a New York City art gallery for between $5,000 and $15,000 apiece this information was relayed to Bryce Hospital attorney Nancy Jones, who prevailed upon the owner of the gallery to return them to the Alabama Department of Mental Health, where they are now in safekeeping.

“I hope you can help solve the mystery of the missing artworks of Frank Calloway…”

Emails from Alan Blum, MD to Nancy Jones, JD
Assistant Attorney General
Alabama Department of Mental Health
November 20 and December 8, 2014

“My concerns about the safekeeping, preservation, photo documentation, and display of the wonderful artworks created by the late Frank Calloway…”

Email from Alan Blum, MD to Rebecca Hoffberger
Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore, Maryland
March 25, 2016

“Do you know where the bulk of Mr. Calloway’s artworks might be located?”

Email from Alan Blum, MD to Andrew Edlin
Andrew Edlin Gallery
New York City, New York
April 17, 2016

“I hope that consideration would be given to convening a meeting of those with an interest in Frank Calloway and his artwork…”

Letter from Alan Blum, MD to Carol Presley
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
May 15, 2006

The Art of Frank Calloway | © 2023 Alan Blum