LC control no. | n 88668952 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Traylor, Bill, 1856-1949 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1856-04-01 |
Death date | 1949-10-23 |
Place of birth | Benton (Ala.) |
Place of death | Montgomery (Ala.) |
Affiliation | Plantation of George Hartwell Traylor (Ala.) |
Profession or occupation | Slaves Painters Sharecroppers Folk artists African American artists |
Found in | nuc88-118511: His Bill Traylor, 1854-1947, 1985 (hdg. on NN rept.: Traylor, Bill, 1854-1947) 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) Bill Traylor, 1854-1949, c1998: p. 177 (d. Oct. 23, 1949. St. Jude Hospital, Montgomery, Ala.) 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) |