A Visionary of the Mississippi Delta The story of William Robert Hollingsworth Jr. is one of profound beauty intertwined with a poignant, untimely tragedy. Born on February 17, 1910, in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, Hollingsworm was an artist whose soul seemed inextricably linked to the landscapes and rhythms of the American South. His life, though tragically cut short by suicide at the age of thirty-four, left behind a body of w…