The outsider artist Bill Traylor hits a sweet spot for documentary treatment. On the one hand, those within the art world know and generally revere his work; he was the subject of a major solo show at ...

Toward the end of Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts, one of Traylor’s great-granddaughters says she’s glad that he is finally “getting his reward.” Broad appreciation of Traylor’s artistic talent came ...

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, September 28, 2018-March 17, 2019"--Page after title page. "Bill Traylor ...

Bill Traylor, “Man and Large Dog (Verso: Man and Woman)” (ca. 1939–1942), poster paint and pencil on cardboard (Collection of Jerry and Susan Lauren, photo by ...

The simplified forms of Bill Traylor's artwork belie the complexity of his world, creativity, and inspiring bid for self-definition in a segregated culture. Join us for an afternoon of discussions and ...

Bill Traylor was an American painter and one of the most celebrated Outsider artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. With his unique figurative style, Traylor depicted a lost era of the rural agrarian ...

Bill Traylor was an American painter and one of the most celebrated Outsider artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. With his unique figurative style, Traylor depicted a lost era of the rural agrarian ...

Bill Traylor (1853–1949), born into slavery in Benton, Alabama, was a self-taught artist who began drawing and painting in his later years, producing a remarkable body of work that depicted scenes of ...