Painting a Hidden Life: The Art of Bill Traylor
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Born into slavery on an Alabama plantation in 1853, Bill Traylor worked as a sharecropper for most of his life. But in 1928 he moved to Montgomery and changed his life, becoming a self-taught lyric painter of extraordinary ability and power. From 1936 to 1946, he sat on a street corner--old, ill, and homeless--and created well over 1,200 paintings. Collected and later promoted by Charles Shannon, a young Montgomery artist, his work received star...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807134015
ISBN13:9780807134016
Release Date:March 2009
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"
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