Bill Traylor, “Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)” (1939–42), colored pencil on cardboard, 22 1/4 × 14 1/4 in (courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum) Bill Traylor’s drawings and ...

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, September 28, 2018-March 17, 2019"--Page after title page. "Bill Traylor ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum just acquired six major works by Bill Traylor, an artist who was born into slavery around 1853-54, and first began his creative life as an elderly man, after living ...

ANAC copy 39088015028558 is an advance uncorrected proof. NMAF copy 39088018803072 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III. "In Painting a Hidden Life, historian Mechal Sobel's trenchant ...

Bill Traylor’s extraordinary life story is American history. The self-taught artist began his unique drawings in his 80s and produced over 1,200 works. His drawings depicted memories from the ...

Catalog (hand-made booklet) of an exhibition held at the New South Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama, February 1-19, 1940. The text of the catalog is attributed to Charles Shannon, founder of the New ...

The simplified forms of Bill Traylor's artwork belie the complexity of his world, creativity, and inspiring bid for self-definition in a segregated culture. Join us for an afternoon of discussions and ...

"It is the goal of Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts to continue to put the work of this master in the context of his world, and to do it before that world completely vanishes." I’ve often made the point ...

Bill Traylor (ca. 1853–1949) is regarded today as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. A black man born into slavery in Alabama, he was an eyewitness to history: the ...

Grades 7-12 teacher guide exploring the art of Bill Traylor, a self-taught artist who was born into slavery.