BILL TRAYLOR (1854 - 1949)

BILL TRAYLOR'S WORK IS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING AND INTERESTING WORK I HAVE EVER SEEN. I LOVE HIS USE OF COLOUR AND LINE AND THE WAY HE CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF PEOPLE OR ANIMALS BUT IN THE SIMPLEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL WAY. HE WAS BORN INTO SLAVERY AND LATER MOVED TO MONTGOMERY WHERE HE WOULD SIT ON THE PAVEMENT AND DRAW THE PEOPLE WALKING PAST. HIS WORKS INCLUDE A MIXTURE OF HIS MEMORIES OF FARM LIFE AND OF THE PEOPLE HE SAW LATER.
THE PICTURES BELOW SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF HIS WORK BUT SHOW NOTHING OF THE BREDTH OF WHAT HE ACHIEVED. I AM SO PLEASED THAT I HAVE DISCOVERED HIS WORK...