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Albert (Reverend) Wagner

Albert (Reverend) Wagner (1924 - 2006) was active/lived in Ohio, Arkansas.  Albert Wagner is known for Folk art, outsider art-painting and sculpture.

Albert Wagner was born on January 22, 1924 in Crittenden County, Arkansas.  He lived with his three brothers and his deeply religious mother, who supported them by working in the cotton fields. When he was five he used to make airplanes and cars from mud on his back porch.  He recalls his mother saying, "Son, if I could send you to art school you could be somebody."  However, by the age of 13, Albert was appointed the head of his household and had to begin supporting his family.

In 1941, when Albert was 17 and in search of more lucrative work, he moved his family to Cleveland.  The following year he met and quickly married the "love of his life," Magnolia. Within three years, Albert had created a furniture moving company and started a family.  Over the next fifteen years his business flourished and his family grew, yet he abandoned many of his religious beliefs and became a slave to sex, wine and women. "Sex had me bound and chained.  I was like the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3429 characters.]  Artist bio

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