Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: "I'm still in a state of shock,"

said Bowling Green businessman Jerry Baker, a collector who has organized and built the museum to exclusively house his collection of about 1,000 of [Joseph (Joe) Dudley] Downing's works.

Yesterday Baker received a letter from Downing about his art, as well as information about a new book he had published--he also successfully wrote some poetry and short story collections.

from Louisville Courier-Journal: Famed Ky. artist dies in France

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1 comment :

Anonymous said...

The news of Dudley's passing is truly sad. I was looking forward to picking up a conversation we had in 2000 at the Kentucky Museum. I had recently been out to see the museum at the Jerry Baker's home. Everyone was so excited about it...including Dudley.
He will be missed and my hope is that we cherish all that he has left us.