Downtown in Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Carl Sublett

(1919-2008)

Photographed By Tom Bosse, April 15, 2023

1. Carl Sublett Marker

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Carl Sublett. Quarry Place and the Crucified Tree, 1959 Oil on canvas, 40x50 inches, University of Tennessee, Ewing Gallery. Carl Sublett in rural eastern Kentucky. Growing up in a small mining town he became fascinated with coal trains, inspiring his first drawings at age 8 and his first oil painting at 11. He attended Western Kentucky State College in Bowling Green. During World War II, Sublett served in the military before entering the University Study Center in Florence, Italy, receiving the Citizens Award for his artwork by the people of Florence., On his return to the U.S., Sublett worked as an engineering draftsman and newspaper artist in Bristol, TN, before moving to Knoxville in 1954. After a brief commercial artist he joined artist C. Kermit "Buck" Ewing as a professor at the University of Tennessee's School of Visual Arts. Both were core members of the Knoxville Seven, a group of forward-looking artists active between 1959 and 1965 who were among the first in East Tennessee to experiment with Abstract Expressionism., A versatile and talented artist, Sublet shifted effortlessly from abstractism to precise realism, finding endless inspiration in East Tennessee's landscapes as well as the Maine coastline where he also resided. By the 1970s, he turned to watercolor as his primary medium. , The Knoxville Museum of Art staged an extensive exhibition, "The Unseen Carl Sublett" of his watercolor paintings in 1991. A lifetime Achievement Award from the Knoxville Arts Council followed in 1994. UT's Ewing Gallery organized the 2000 retrospection "A Visual Odyssey: The Art of Carl Sublett", and in 2008, a posthumous exhibit, "Image Tracks", was held at the UT Downtown Gallery., Special thanks to University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery and the Knoxville Arts and Culture Aliance., This Art Wrap was privately funded to meet a match requirement for a grant provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission., In memory of Eric Davis Sublett (1951 – 2018)., Visit the Knoxville Museum of Art near here at 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive., Downtown Art Wraps are coordinated by the Knoxville History Project, an educational nonprofit with a mission to research and promote the history and culture of Knoxville. Discover other wraps, and learn more at knoxvillehistoryproject.org. Also read Historic Knoxville: The Curious Visitor's Guide to its Stories and Places..

Quarry Place and the Crucified Tree, 1959
Oil on canvas, 40x50 inches, University of Tennessee, Ewing Gallery
Carl Sublett in rural eastern Kentucky. Growing up in a small mining town he became fascinated with coal trains, inspiring his first drawings at age 8 and his first oil painting at 11. He attended Western Kentucky State College in Bowling Green. During World War II, Sublett served in the military before entering the University Study Center in Florence, Italy, receiving the Citizens Award for his artwork by the people of Florence.

On his return to the U.S., Sublett worked as an engineering draftsman and newspaper artist in Bristol, TN, before moving to Knoxville in 1954. After a brief commercial artist he joined artist C. Kermit "Buck" Ewing as a professor at the University of Tennessee's School of Visual Arts. Both were core members of the Knoxville Seven, a group of forward-looking artists active between 1959 and 1965 who were among the first in East Tennessee to experiment with Abstract Expressionism.

A versatile and talented artist, Sublet shifted effortlessly from abstractism to precise realism, finding endless inspiration in East Tennessee's landscapes as well as the Maine coastline where he also resided. By the 1970s, he turned to watercolor as his primary medium.

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Knoxville Museum of Art staged an extensive exhibition, "The Unseen Carl Sublett" of his watercolor paintings in 1991. A lifetime Achievement Award from the Knoxville Arts Council followed in 1994. UT's Ewing Gallery organized the 2000 retrospection "A Visual Odyssey: The Art of Carl Sublett", and in 2008, a posthumous exhibit, "Image Tracks", was held at the UT Downtown Gallery.

Special thanks to University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery
and the Knoxville Arts and Culture Aliance.

This Art Wrap was privately funded to meet a match requirement
for a grant provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission.

In memory of Eric Davis Sublett (1951 – 2018).

Visit the Knoxville Museum of Art near here at 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive.

Downtown Art Wraps are coordinated by the Knoxville History
Project, an educational nonprofit with a mission to research and promote
the history and culture of Knoxville. Discover other wraps, and learn more
at knoxvillehistoryproject.org. Also read Historic Knoxville: The Curious
Visitor's Guide to its Stories and Places.

Erected by Knoxville History Project.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music

Photographed By Tom Bosse, April 15, 2023

2. Carl Sublett Marker

. In addition, it is included in the Knoxville History Project - Downtown Art Wraps series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1959.

Location. 35° 57.556′ N, 83° 55.479′ W. Marker is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and 11th Street, on the left when traveling east on Cumberland Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Knoxville TN 37916, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The 1982 World's Fair Walking Tour (approx. 0.2 miles away); Land Grant University (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mecklenburg Place (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named The 1982 World's Fair Walking Tour (approx. 0.2 miles away); Desegregation of the University of Tennessee (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lizzie Crozier French and GFWC Ossoli Circle (approx. ¼ mile away); James Rufus Agee (approx. ¼ mile away); Russell Briscoe (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 380 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.