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"Untitled (Man and Woman)," Bill Traylor, 1939-42.
Traylor (c.1853 - 1949) is one of America's great outsider artists. A poor black sharecropper, he didn't begin making art until he was 85 years old and living on the streets of Montgomery, AL. A young white artist noted the drawings he made and supplied him with paint and other materials. He had one exhibition, in 1940, but nothing sold, but at least it brought enough notice for him to be taken off the streets and living with family.
Now he is seen as a major self-taught artist, with some critics claiming they see all sorts of anti-Jim Crow symbolism in his works.
From the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
#Art #AmericanArt #OutsiderArt #BillTraylor #BlackArtists
Traylor (c.1853 - 1949) is one of America's great outsider artists. A poor black sharecropper, he didn't begin making art until he was 85 years old and living on the streets of Montgomery, AL. A young white artist noted the drawings he made and supplied him with paint and other materials. He had one exhibition, in 1940, but nothing sold, but at least it brought enough notice for him to be taken off the streets and living with family.
Now he is seen as a major self-taught artist, with some critics claiming they see all sorts of anti-Jim Crow symbolism in his works.
From the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
#Art #AmericanArt #OutsiderArt #BillTraylor #BlackArtists