Jerry Wilkerson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJerry Wilkerson
American painter
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1943
Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jun-2007
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Jerry Wilkerson
- Jerry Oliver Wilkerson (September 5, 1943 in Texas – June 2, 2007) was a St.
- Louis, Missouri artist known for his contemporary pointillistic style of painting, and as a supporter of local business and talent.
- After completing his BS at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 1966, Wilkerson obtained his MFA (1968) from Washington University in St.
- Louis, Missouri.
- He settled in St.
- Louis following military service in the Army from 1968 - 1970.
- Wilkerson exhibited at galleries in St.
- Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, New York City, and Carmel, California.
- His works are represented in several public collections including the St.
- Louis Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, the Tucson Museum of Art, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science in Evansville, Indiana.
- The major theme of his work is food — including lobsters, burgers, a Warholesque Campbell's Pork and Beans can, bananas, cherries, apples, pears, fortune cookies, and cups of coffee.
- Wilkerson died of cancer at age 63.
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