• About the Collection

    Cardboard Chronicles:
    The Biblical Art
    of Rudolph Bostic

     

    This collection brings together twenty-three paintings from one of America’s most amazing self-taught artists. His vibrant images, rendered in enamel and house paint with a shimmering glossy finish on cardboard and his flamboyant use of color put him in a category all his own.

     

    Rudolph, who lived in Savannah, Georgia, and died in 2021, says that his inspirations come from many sources, “especially the Bible and reproductions of the works of the masters such as Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.” Bostic’s work was featured in the 2005 inaugural exhibition of the Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art in Savannah, GA, and his art is in the permanent collection of the High Museum in Atlanta, GA. Some of the most prestigious southern galleries of folk art represent Bostic’s paintings.

     

    Cardboard Chronicles begins with The Creation of Adam, Adam and Eve Naming the Animals and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, then turns to the colorful story of Noah. Many of his paintings portray the life of Christ. Comforting Mary (Annunciation) begins this journey, and Nativity with Angel portrays the incarnation of the Lord. Peace Be Still is a stunning interpretation of his encounter on the Sea of Galilee with his disciples, and The Last Supper is a real testimony to the influence of historical art on Bostic’s work. The show includes images of the Death of Christ; Crucifixion, Pietà, and Lamentation/Two Women at Jesus’ Death. Angels Receive Orders from Jesus offers us the finale to Cardboard Chronicles: The Biblical Art of Rudolph Bostic.

     

    The show rents for $400 /month, with a minimum of 4 weeks per venue. With the rental of two months the third month is free.

  • Image Gallery

  • Calendar of Exhibitions

    April 15, 2024 to May 15, 2025.

    Glencairn Museum

    1001 Cathedral Road  PO Box 757  Bryn Athyn, PA, 19009

    267-502-2983

    Contact: ed.gyllenhaal@glencairnmuseum.org

     

    January 1 to April 30, 2023

    Belmont University

    1900 Belmont Boulevard

    Nashville, TN 37212

    Contact:  Dr. Todd Lake,  todd.lake@belmont.edu

    615 460 6628

     

    Sept 1 – Dec 30, 2023

    LaGrave Ave. Christian Reformed Church

    107 LaGrave Avenue SE

    Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503

    616.454.7204

    Contact person:   David Versluis versluis.dordt.edu@gmail.com

    cell 712.441.9909

     

    June 1 to August 30, 2022

    Greenwich Presbyterian Church

    15305 Vint Hill Road

    Nokesville, VA  20181

    Phone:  703.754.7933

    Contact:  Maria Duffus mduffus@greenwichpres.org

    Glen Howell, glenn@gohowell.com

     

    April 1 – June 30, 2021

    First Presbyterian Church, Flint

    746 S. Saginaw St.

    Flint, MI 48503

    Contact: Rosemary Lutz, lutzycle@gmail.com

     

    August 15 to December 10, 2019

    St Lukes Anglican Church

    50 Pope Ave, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

    Contact: Meryl Newell  mahaloma@aol.com

    (843) 785-4099

     

    November 1 to January 10, 2019

    Grace Point Church of Northwest Arkansas

    STORY: The Gallery at Grace Point

    Tim Logan, Gallery Director, 479-586-6268

    Tim@gracepointchurch.net

     

    February 1, 2019 to April 30, 2019

    Gordon-Conwell Seminary

    14542 Choate Circle

    Charlotte, NC 28273

    Contact: Nicole Martin, nmartin2@gordonconwell.edu

    (704) 236-8111

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