Bill Traylor & Alberta Hunter

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I heart Bill Traylor (Funny Eye Blogspot)

Bill Traylor Village Voice

Some people are simply compelled to create art, caring nothing for art history, critical theory, or career strategies. Bill Traylor was born a slave in 1854; after a lifetime as a cotton laborer, destitute and living on a Montgomery, Alabama, sidewalk, he began drawing. He was 83, and sold his work for nickels.

More images from Hammer Gallery

  • Bill Traylor April 1, 1854 – bill_traylor_photo

    Traylor was a self-taught artist born into slavery on a plantation near Benton, in Lowndes County, Alabama

    Alberta Hunter April 1, 1895