Traylor, Bill, 1856-1949
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Name (Hebrew)
טריילור, ביל, 1856-1949
Name (Latin)
Traylor, Bill, 1856-1949
Other forms of name
Traylor, Bill, 1854-1949
Date of birth
1854-04-01
Date of death
1949-10-23
Associated country
United States
Occupation
African American artists
Folk artists
Painters
Sharecroppers
Slaves
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Traylor, Bill; slave, sharecropper/farm laborer, folk artist; born 01 April 1856 in Benton, Alabama, United States; born on the plantation of George Hartwell Traylor and remained on the plantation (until 1934); settled in Montgomery, Alabama (1936); began to draw at the age of 83; became friend with Charles Shannon (1939); produced between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred drawings (1939-1942); Shannon organized exhibition Bill Traylor-People's Artist (1940); left Montgomery and did not return (until 1946); continued to draw until he was placed in the Fraternal Hospital, Montgomery; died 23 October 1949 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States)
- Bill Traylor, 1854-1949, c1998:p. 177 (d. Oct. 23, 1949. St. Jude Hospital, Montgomery, Ala.)
- Lively times and exciting events, the drawings of Bill Traylor, 1993:text (Lowndes Co. Ala. census records show Bill Traylor b. a slave in April 1856 on Benton, Ala. plantation of G. H. Traylor family)
- nuc88-118511: His Bill Traylor, 1854-1947, 1985(hdg. on NN rept.: Traylor, Bill, 1854-1947)