Jamaican artist gloria escoffery biography books
Gloria Escoffery was an important Jamaican artist, poet, teacher, art critic and journalist.
She has published Landscape in the Making (a pamphlet, ); Loggerhead (Sandberry Press, ) and Mother Jackson Murders the Moon (Peepal Tree, ).!
Gloria Escoffery
Jamaican painter (1923–2002)
Gloria Escoffery O.D. | |
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| Born | (1923-12-22)22 December 1923 Gayle, St. Mary, Colony of Jamaica |
| Died | 24 April 2002(2002-04-24) (aged 78) Brown's Town, St. Ann, Jamaica |
| Alma mater | McGill University, Slade School of Fine Arts, University of the West Indies's School of Education |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, poet, teacher, art critic and journalist |
| Notable work | Rootsman Adam Reincarnates For The Millennium (2000) Banana Plantation Workers (1953) The Old Woman (1955) |
| Children | Fabian |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Distinction, Silver Musgrave Institute of Jamaica, Member of Caribbean Hall of Fame |
Gloria EscofferyOD (22 December 1923 – 24 April 2002) was a Jamaican painter, poet and art critic that contributed to post-colonial arts and culture during the mid-to-late 20th century.
Biography
Born in Gayle, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, the youngest of three children of Dr. William T. Esco