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Peter Jodocy

1884–1971

Peter Jodocy, untitled, c. 1950; wood, plaster, paint, metal, and mixed media; 48 1/2 x 26 x 71 in. John Michael Kohler Arts Center Collection, gift of Kohler Foundation Inc.

Belgian-born Peter Jodocy traveled the world before choosing the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan for his home. Jodocy and his wife homesteaded a three hundred-acre farm in an area that today remains largely wilderness; it was this property that he decorated with his offbeat sculptures. Though the details of Jodocy’s life are scant, it is known that he expressed his humorous reflections on American culture in his yard environment.

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center houses two of the three known surviving examples of his work, the life-size deer with found antlers and a hunter with a real rifle.

Selected Works by Peter Jodocy

Arts Center Exhibitions

Peter Jodocy

September 13–December 31, 2017

Further Reading

Carter, Curtis, Roger Manley, and Didi Barrett. Contemporary American Folk Art: The Balsley Collection. Milwaukee: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1992.

“Heartfelt and Handmade: Six Artists Who Made Their Own Way.” In Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists, edited by Leslie Umberger, 395-97. Sheboygan: John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.

Sellen, Betty-Carol., and Cynthia Johanson. 20th Century American Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Art. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 1993.

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