1511531002Reverend Maceptaw Bogun19171995ReverendMaceptawBogunhttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2055/fullReverened Bogun's paintings were discovered at the 1970 annual Transit Authority Show by Herbert W. Hemphill, who arranged to have Bogun's work on display at the Museum of American Folk Art the same year. He also included Bogun in his seminal work, TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART AND ARTISTS. Bogun, the son of Polish immigrants, paints self-portraits, landscapes, portraits of friends and "heroes," those called to religious orders, those who guard the transit system, and those who wear uniforms and have earned medals. He calls his work "spiritual art" and sees his paintings as God-inspired. In 1951 Bogun was ordained a minister in a now defunct religious order: The Temple of Light Church, and carried out his ministry in the Saint Andrews Spiritual Church. Although he worked for a time in the bauxite mines of South America, he spent most of his adult years working for the transit authority. He started painting after seeing the Transit Authority Art SHow in 1967 and will [painti only when he hears a "call" to do so. He has not painted actively since 1986 and is known to have executed only fifteen canvases. (1917–1995)New YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkReverend Maceptaw BogunRev Mac