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Bill Traylor    (American, 1854-1947)

 Bill Traylor - Dog (Paintings) h: 8 x w: 10 in / h: 20.3 x w: 25.4 cm
Bill Traylor
Dog 1939-1942
 
  

Biography
Died Montgomery, AL
Met Charles Shannon
Travelled North to live with his children
Leg amputated due to gangrene
Born, At George Hartwell Traylor's plantation Benton, AL
Came to Montgomery, worked in Shoe Factory Montgomery, AL
Drew scraps on cardboard Took a post on Lawrence St. sidewalk

Exhibitions
1997 High Singing Blue, Hirschl & Adler Modern New York, NY
1997 High Singing Blue, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, IL
1996 Self-Taught: The Last 100 Years, Guston, Basquait, John McEnroe Gallery New York, NY
1994 - 1995 Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, , San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, CA
1994 - 1995 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, University Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
1994 - 1995 Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, University of California Berkely, CA
1994 - 1995 Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
1994 - 1995 Passionate Visions of the South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, NC
1994 - 1995 Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, El Paso Museum of Art El Paso,TX
1994 - 1995 Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, The Cummer Gallery of Art Jacksonville, FL
1994 - 1995 Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Madison, GA
1994 - 1995 Lively Times & Exciting Events: The Drawings of Bill Traylor, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery, AL
1994 - 1995 Pictures from the Bill Traylor Family Trust and Others, Hirschl & Adler Modern New York, NY
1995 A World of Their Own, Twentieth-Century American Folk Art, The Newark Museum Newark, NJ
1995 Dust Tracks on a Road, Four Southern Artist, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA
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
1992 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
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