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Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949

Title : Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949
Author :
Rating : 4.98 (955 Votes)
Asin : 0300081634
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 192 Pages
Publish Date : 2016-08-30
Language : English

Southern History Through Folk Art I asked for a book on Old South history or folk art for Christmas, and my mom picked up Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 185Southern History Through Folk Art AirBnBer I asked for a book on Old South history or folk art for Christmas, and my mom picked up Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949. What a book! I get lost in the work of Traylor -- the king of folk art (sorry Mose T). And the photographs of Montgomery in the early 1900s tell a gre. -19Southern History Through Folk Art AirBnBer I asked for a book on Old South history or folk art for Christmas, and my mom picked up Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949. What a book! I get lost in the work of Traylor -- the king of folk art (sorry Mose T). And the photographs of Montgomery in the early 1900s tell a gre. 9. What a book! I get lost in the work of Traylor -- the king of folk art (sorry Mose T). And the photographs of Montgomery in the early 1900s tell a gre. "Good for those intrigued by Bill Traylor" according to Deb Oestreicher. This beautifully produced book contains several essays discussing "outsider artist" Bill Traylor', his brief art "career," and the character of his work. Some essays are more interesting and engaging than others, but they are all helpful in understanding the artist and his . Delightful! 4tom We saw an exhibit of this man's work at the Mingei museum in San Diego. They had a copy of this book, but none to sell so we had to find it on our ownBill Traylor's work is just delightful and this book shows it very well!!!. tom said Delightful!. We saw an exhibit of this man's work at the Mingei museum in San Diego. They had a copy of this book, but none to sell so we had to find it on our ownBill Traylor's work is just delightful and this book shows it very well!!!

By the time he died in 1949, he left a legacy of over 1000 drawings and paintings recognized today as prime examples of "outsider" art. Although written for junior and high school students, Mary Lyons's charming Deep Blues: Bill Traylor, Self-Taught Artist (Atheneum, 1994) is a suitable choice for smaller collections.AWilda Williams, "Library Journal" Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal With his electric blue rabbits, houses, and drinking men, the self-taught Traylor reflects the improvisational vitality of African Americans living in the segregated South during the Great Depression. Born a slave, the 82-year-old Traylor only left his Alabama plantation in 1935 "when his white folks had died and his chil

The contributors discuss his life and work, placing them in their social and historical background.. In this exhibition catalogue, the editors present not only Traylor's compellingly naive drawings, but also documentary photographs that reveal the daily life of southern blacks - in particular Traylor and his milieu

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