Elijah Pierce

Elijah Pierce

1891 — 1984

American wood carver (1892–1984)

Elijah Pierce (1892–1984) was a 20th-century wood carver. He began carving at a young age using a pocket knife. He first started carving animals because of his prior life of growing up on a farm. Pierce was honored in 1982 with a National Heritage Fellowship for his art and influence in the woodcarving community.

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Father Time

The Flight into Egypt

“Love” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

The Archangel Michael

Three Wise Men

Elijah Pierce Smithsonian American Art Museum

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Christ Performing Three Miracles

“Prayer”

Christ Visited by the Angel in the Garden of Gethsemane

Christ Carrying the Cross

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Elephant

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Peace with Honor

Elijah Pierce Smithsonian American Art Museum

Your Life Is a Book and Every Day Is a Page

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Couple with Roses

“Bibl[e] Love”