Smokey Joe Williams. This painting In the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Steele Art Gallery hangs Deryl Daniel Mackie's astonishing, 73 1/8” by 62 3/4" portrait of “Smokey Joe Williams''” from This imposing, life-sized composition includes the highly stylized and colorful markings of Mackie’s brushwork.
Saatchi Art is pleased Smokey Joe was a great pitcher in the early Negro Leagues and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. This painting is 72" x 30" and was sold through a gallery in Baltimore to an unknown purchaser. Hopefully, it has found a good home, as it is one of my favorites.
Saatchi Art is pleased to "Smokey" Joe Williams is included in the top baseball players of all time. One of the hardest throwers the game has ever seen! This painting won First Place at the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Art Competition in and was awarded a stay at The National Art Museum of Sport in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Smokey Joe Williams towers above Considered the best black hurler in the deadball era, "Smokey" Joe Williams was aptly named. A giant on the mound at 6'4", Williams would play for numerous teams during his year career, with his best years as a member of the New York Lincoln Giants.
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Smokey Joe Williams by Michael Hogue. A tall, lanky right handed native of Seguin, Texas, Williams began his career pitching for the San Antonio Black Bronchos. He was the star pitcher in the early days of the Negro Leagues. Satchel Paige called Williams the best pitcher he had ever seen. Smokey Joe Williams by Robert Hurst "Smokey Joe Williams" () by Deryl Daniel Mackie at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "Smokey" Joe Williams, nicknamed for his blazing fastball, dominated black baseball in the decades before the establishment of the Negro leagues.
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Smokey Joe Williams started career Joseph Williams (April 6, – February 25, ), nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" and "Smokey Joe", was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball. He is considered one of the greatest pitchers of all-time and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in