Marion’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Tenant Farmer's Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Eroded Land the Result of Tobacco-Cotton Weevel. Wadesboro, North Carolina
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Two Couples in Booth at Juke Joint, Moorehaven, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Cashiers Paying off Cotton Pickers in Marcella Plantation Store, Mileston, Mississippi
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Post Office in Blizzard, Aspen, Colorado
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Migrant Agricultural workers camping out in cane bush near Homestead, Fla. One of the women said, "we ain't never lived like hogs before, but we sure does now."
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Migrant Pickers Playing Checkers After a Freeze-Out in the Vegetable Growing Area near Lake Okeechenobee, Homestead, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Brunch being served to winter visitor in private club, Miami, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Union Members Waiting for the Strike-Breaking Scabs to Come out of the Copper Mines, Ducktown, Tennessee
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Midway and Carnival Shelby County Fair and Horse Show, Shelbyville, KY
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

Man of Sorrows
Marion Perkins (American, 1908–1961)