Artworks by Bill Traylor at RiccoMaresca on artnet

Bill Traylor

(American, 1854–1947)

Bill Traylor

Mexican Man, 1939–1942

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Bill Traylor

Man and Cat on Organic Form, 1989–1992

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Bill Traylor

Blue Basket, 1939–1942

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Bill Traylor

Untitled (Woman with Polka - Dot Skirt and Handbag), 1939–1942

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Bill Traylor

Untitled (Big Pig), 1939–1942

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Bill Traylor

Untitled (Black and Brown Horse), 1939–1942

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Bill Traylor

Untitled (Exciting Event / Dancing Woman), 1939–1942

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Timeline

1854: Born in slavery at George Hartwell Traylor’s plantation, Benton, Alabama.
Traylor remained on the plantation until the age of 82 when it was sold.
1935: Moved to Montgomery, AL and work briefly in a shoe factory.
1936 - 1941: Left the shoe factory and begun to draw on the sidewalks of Montgomery.
Traylor typically worked on discarded pieces of cardboard in pencil, crayon, and tempura.
Met Charles Shannon, an Alabama painter. Shannon promoted Traylor’s work and encouraged him to continue painting.
1942: Traylor moved north to live with his daughter where his left leg amputated due to gangrene. Traylor stop produced drawings until after the end of WWII, at which point his skills have deteriorated.
1949: Died in Montgomery, AL

Exhibitions

1997: Bill Traylor, Ricco Maresca Gallery, NY
: High Singing Blue, Hirschl & Adler Modern New York, NY
: High Singing Blue, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, IL
1996: Self-Taught: The Last 100 Years, Guston, Basquait, John McEnroe Gallery New York, NY
1995: A World of Their Own, Twentieth-Century American Folk Art, The Newark Museum Newark, NJ
: Dust Tracks on a Road, Four Southern Artist, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA
: Pictures from the Bill Traylor Family Trust and Others, Hirschl & Adler Modern New York, NY
: Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery, AL
: Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Madison, GA
: Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, The Cummer Gallery of Art Jacksonville, FL
: Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, El Paso Museum of Art El Paso,TX
: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, NC
: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, University of California Berkely, CA
: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, University Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, LA
1994 - 1995: Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, , San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, CA
1994: Bill Traylor, Davis & Langdale Company, Inc. New York
1993: Bill Traylor, Freedman Gallery,Albright College Reading, PA
1992: Bill Traylor, Hirschl & Adler Modern New York, NY
: Traylor/Shannon, Charles Shannon, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, IL
1991: Bill Traylor, Ricco/Maresca New York, NY
1941: , , Fieldston School New York, NY
1940: (1st Exhibition of Traylor's drawing), New South Art Center Montgomery, AL

Bill Traylor

(American, 1854–1947)

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Bill Traylor

Biography

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Exhibitions

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