The #1 place to find Rare & Unusual Art and Antiques. William “Bill” Traylor (18531949) was an African-American s. Elf-thought artist from Lowndes County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor spent the majority of his life after emancipation as a sharecropper. It was only after 1939, following his move to Montgomery. Alabama that Traylor began to draw. At the age of 85, he took up a pencil and a scrap of cardboard to document his recollections and observations. From 1939 to 1942, while working on the sidewalks of Montgomery, Traylor produced nearly 1,500 pieces of art. While Traylor received his first public exhibition in 1940, it wasnt until the late 1970s, thirty years after his death, that his work finally began to receive broader attention. Recent acceptance of Traylor as a significant figure of American folk and modern art has been founded on the efforts of Charles Shannon, as well as the evolving tastes of the art world. Shannon, who first encountered Traylor’s work in 1940, brought Traylor to the attention of the larger art world. Since then, public and scholarly perception of Bill Traylor’s life and work has been in constant evolution. First held up as an example of “primitive” or “outsider” art, Traylor now holds a central position in the fields of “self-taught” and modern art. Original Bill Traylor folk art painting of a man who appears to be saving a woman from a snake attack. This is one of the nicest and most creative examples of his works that we have ever seen. It is unsigned, but the back of the frame has an old photo / image of Bill Traylor smoking a pipe and you can clearly this painting by his lower left hand side. There is also a stamped gallery label that appears to be french in origin, but there isn’t enough information to figure out who they are. Photo of Bill Traylor with this painting. Gallery label that appears to be from. We guarantee that this is an actual old period painting and that it is not a print or reproduction of any kind. Poster paint and pencil on board. The painting is mounted on board & sits within a beautiful golden wood frame. With the exception of some. / fading that might be original to the painting, we honestly think that it is in overall very good. 14.5 x 12in unframed &. 22.5 x 18.5in framed. The item “Amazing Original Bill Traylor Folk art painting on board of a Man, Woman, Snake” is in sale since Monday, April 1, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “liamaverygallery” and is located in Forest Hills, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Artist: Attributed to Bill Traylor
• Style: Folk Art
• Material: poster paint & pencil
• Type: Paintings
• Features: Framed
• Width (Inches): 14.5
• Color: Black and brown
• Subject: folk art figures
• Originality: Original
• Height (Inches): 12