Curious Objects: Bill Traylor on the Silver Screen, with filmmakers Sam Pollard and Jeffrey Wolf Editorial Staff
Photograph by Horace Perry, courtesy of the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
In April of 1853 a child was born into slavery on an Alabama cotton plantation owned by George Traylor. His first name was Bill and he would take the plantation owner’s last name for himself. A sharecropper and laborer for most of his life, in the decades since his death in 1949 Bill Traylor has become known to the world as an artist. Now, a new documentary tells Bill Traylor’s story on film for the first time. Ben Miller speaks with executive producer Sam Pollard and director Jeffrey Wolf about
9 Works by Celebrated African American Artist Bill Traylor Donated to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Bill Traylor (American, 1853-1949), Nothinâ to Somethinâ â Freedom, undated. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gift of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone
Bill Traylor (American, 1853-1949), Dance, undated. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gift of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has announced the gift of nine captivating works on paper created with paint, graphite and colored pencils by the iconic African American artist Bill Traylor. This generous donation is from the collection of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone.
Art by African American artist Bill Traylor donated to VMFA
Bill Traylor (American, 1853-1949), Nothin to Somethin Freedom, undated. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gift of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone.
RICHMOND, VA
.-The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced today the gift of nine captivating works on paper created with paint, graphite and colored pencils by the iconic African American artist Bill Traylor. This generous donation is from the collection of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone.
These two groups of artworks are significant additions to VMFAs collection, said Alex Nyerges, VMFAs Director and CEO. We are striving to expand the museums collection of art by African Americans, and Traylors work documents the Black experience in the South. We are appreciative of these invaluable additions.
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