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Leslie Garland Bolling

Leslie Garland Bolling (1898 - 1955) was active/lived in Virginia.  Leslie Bolling is known for Southern life theme sculpture-wood carving.

Leslie Garland Bolling in his own handwriting wrote to James A. Porter on November 19, 1933 that he was "born 1898 to the husband & wife Clinton C. and Mary M. Bolling in Surry Co., Dendron Va."  He wrote that he had always loved trees and was born and grew up in a lumbering center.  He further wrote that his father was a blacksmith and that he was the oldest of two brothers and one sister.  "My mother died 1911 and I believe her death changed the whole course of my life."

In his spare time during his childhood he "learned to draw by copying pictures."  He began carving in 1926.  He wrote that his friends "began to talk about the funny little things" he was carving.  Bolling wrote that he never had any formal art instruction and that he worked with a saw, hatches and many pocket knives.

His first exhibition included four pieces in a group show of local talent. "...the one that stand out was a Mother & her Babe."&n   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10131 characters.]  Artist bio

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