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Huntsville, AL
William R. Dawson
1901-ca. 1990
Mixed media
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Information:
Dawson attended school through the 5th grade. When he married he moved to Chicago. He worked in a produce market and later as a security guard. Upon retirement he began whittling. In 1976 Susann Craig saw a display of his art and arranged a show of his work at Columbia College.
Dawson worked with any found wood. His subject matter was taken from people to buildings to animal, real and imagined. Dawson painted with acrylic on cardboard. He was included in the 1982 "Black Folk Art in America: 1930-1980" exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC in 1982.
Outsider Folk Art
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Bibliography:
"Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990.
"Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996.
Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006
"20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003. |
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