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Thornton Dial

(American, 1928–2016)

Thornton Dial

Life Go On 3, 1990

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Thornton Dial

Looking for Things in a Jungle

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Thornton Dial

Lady Holds Up the Tiger , 1990

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Thornton Dial

Life Go On 3, 1990

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Thornton Dial

Jungle Life, 1990

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Thornton Dial

The History of the Dials, 1996

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Biography

Timeline

1928: Born in Emelle, AL

Exhibitions

2013: Thornton Dial: Daybreak. Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta (*with works by Dial family members)
: Seismic Shifts: Ten Visionaries in Contemporary Art and Architecture. National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY
2012 - 2013: Thoughts on Paper. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (solo)
2012: Thornton Dial: Viewpoint of the Foundry Man, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Thornton Dial, Virginia Union University and Art Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo)
: Thornton Dial and Lizzi Bougatsos, James Fuentes, New York, NY
: The Soul of a City: Memphis Collects African American Art. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
: Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial. The Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2011 - 2013: Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial. Indianapolis Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (solo)
: Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Disaster Areas, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)
2011: The Armory Show, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Thornton Dial in the 21st Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (solo)
2002 - 2004: In the Spirit of Martin, Smithsonian Institution, traveling
2000: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1999: Thornton Dial: His Spoken Dreams, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1998: Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology, Philadelphia Museum, PA
1993: Thornton Dial: Image of the Tiger. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; American Folk Art Museum, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (solo)
1992: Thornton Dial: Works on Paper, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1991: Thornton Dial, Sr.: Works on Paper, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Thornton Dial. Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)
1990: Thornton Dial: Strategy of the World. Southern Queens Park Association/African-American Hall of Fame, Jamaica, NY (solo)
: Dial: Ladies of the United States. Library Art Gallery, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA (solo)

Public Collections

: Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
: Intuit, Chicago, IL
: Indianapolis Museum of Art
: Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
: The Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
: American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C
: Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
: de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Literature

2012: Thornton Dial: Viewpoint of the Foundry Man. catalogue, Andrew Edlin Gallery
: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial. catalogue, Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville
2011: Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper. edited by Bernard L. Herman, Ackland Art Museum and University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
: Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial. catalogue, Prestel
: Kuspit, Donald. Review, Art Forum, Summer
: Wilkin, Karen. “Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty.” The Wall Street Journal, April 21
: Doran, Anne. Review, Time Out New York, April 14-20
: Review, The New Yorker, April 11
: Lacayo, Richard. “Outside the Lines.” Time, March 14
: Kino, Carol. “Letting His Life’s Work Do the Talking.” New York Times, February 20
: Gómez, Edward M. “On the Border.” Art & Antiques Magazine, February
2010: Jones, Phillip March. “Thornton Dial, Sr.” Whitehot Magazine, February
2009: Outsider Art Sourcebook. Raw Vision
2005: Thornton Dial in the 21st Century, catalogue, Tinwood
2002: Giovanni, Nikki; Chassman, Gary Miles; Leonard, Walter. In the Spirit of Martin, Tinwood Books
2001: American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. catalogue
2000 - 2001: Souls Grown Deep. Volumes 1 and 2, Arnett et al
1997: Smith, Dinitia, “Bits, Pieces and a Drive To Turn Them Into Art.” New York Times, February 5
1993: Smith, Roberta. “A Young Style for an Old Story.” New York Times, December 19
: Scott, Sue. “Thornton Dial [exhibition review].” ARTnews 92, April
: Lloyd, Ann Wilson. “Thornton Dial at Luise Ross.” Art in America, May
: Passionate Visions of the American South, Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, New Orleans Museum of Art
: 20th Century American Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Art, Neal-Schuman Publishers
1991: Kuspit, Donald. “The Appropriation of Marginal Art in the 1980s.” American Art, Winter/Spring
1990: Museum of Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists. Abbeville Press
1987: Kroll, Jack. “The Outsiders Are In: American Folk Artists Move into the World of Money and Fame.” Newsweek, December 2

Thornton Dial

(American, 1928–2016)

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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