Bill Traylor, “Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)” (1939–42), colored pencil on cardboard, 22 1/4 × 14 1/4 in (courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum) Bill Traylor’s drawings and ...

"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 ...

ANAC copy 39088015028558 is an advance uncorrected proof. NMAF copy 39088018803072 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III. "In Painting a Hidden Life, historian Mechal Sobel's trenchant ...

"It is the goal of Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts to continue to put the work of this master in the context of his world, and to do it before that world completely vanishes." I’ve often made the point ...

Bill Traylor’s extraordinary life story is American history. The self-taught artist began his unique drawings in his 80s and produced over 1,200 works. His drawings depicted memories from the ...