THE LORD WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE ACROSS JORDAN

Object Details

Artist

Howard Finster, born Valley Head, AL 1916-died Rome, GA 2001

Gallery Label

In 1976, after some four decades of preaching, Howard Finster responded to a vision in which God directed him to "paint sacred art." Finster believed that pictures would help people grasp the enormity of the Word of God. His painted sermons on life, death, salvation, and damnation eventually covered almost every inch of Paradise Garden, his four-acre art environment in Summerville, Georgia.

His concerns about a world of suffering and destruction drove Finster to create the artworks he called "signposts to salvation." In this triptych, he depicts trials encountered in the Bible's Book of Revelations, conveying his belief that no matter what problems loomed, God would protect and deliver the faithful.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

1976

Object number

1988.74.6

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Folk Art

Medium

enamel on fiberboard

Dimensions

30 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (76.4 x 75.1 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Architecture\religious

Religion\New Testament\Christ

Landscape\river\Jordan River

Religion\angel

Record ID

saam_1988.74.6

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ea867f5e-7867-4885-8093-28558e91a06c