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1928 Emelle, Alabama - 2016 Emelle, Alabama. Known for: Outsider art, rural genre and landscape painting, sculpture.
A folk artist who does paintings, assemblage and sculpture, Thornton Dial, Sr., known as Buck, spent his life in Alabama, where he married, had three sons and two daughters and lived in Bessemer. He... Read full biography
A folk artist who does paintings, assemblage and sculpture, Thornton Dial, Sr., known as Buck, spent his life in Alabama, where he married, had three sons and two daughters and lived in Bessemer. He was the "patriarch" of a clan of noted folk artists including his son, Thornton Dial Jr., known as... Read full biography
A folk artist who does paintings, assemblage and sculpture, Thornton Dial, Sr., known as Buck, spent his life in Alabama, where he married, had three sons and two daughters and lived in Bessemer. He was the "patriarch" of a clan of noted folk artists including his son, Thornton Dial Jr., known as "Little Buck", and Richard Dial. His art emanates from his concerns about racial and male/female relationships in America, with assemblages representing "what makes up the world as he sees it"... Read full biography
A folk artist who does paintings, assemblage and sculpture, Thornton Dial, Sr., known as Buck, spent his life in Alabama, where he married, had three sons and two daughters and lived in Bessemer. He was the "patriarch" of a clan of noted folk artists including his son, Thornton Dial Jr., known as "Little Buck", and Richard Dial. His art emanates from his concerns about racial and male/female relationships in America, with assemblages representing "what makes up the world as he sees it" (Rosenak, 102) and expresses his feelings about conflict and harmony and the importance of community. His work reflects his special concern about the struggle of blacks in white-dominated society. Of his expression, he says: "I make art that ain't spaking... Read full biography
A folk artist who does paintings, assemblage and sculpture, Thornton Dial, Sr., known as Buck, spent his life in Alabama, where he married, had three sons and two daughters and lived in Bessemer. He was the "patriarch" of a clan of noted folk artists including his son, Thornton Dial Jr., known as "Little Buck", and Richard Dial. His art emanates from his concerns about racial and male/female relationships in America, with assemblages representing "what makes up the world as he sees it" (Rosenak, 102) and expresses his feelings about conflict and harmony and the importance of community. His work reflects his special concern about the struggle of blacks in white-dominated society. Of his expression, he says: "I make art that ain't spaking against nobody or for nobody neither. Sometimes it be about what is wrong in life. I do t... Read full biography
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- You Pick It Up and Make Art Out of ItOctober 2005Gomez, Edward M.ARTnews
- Grass-Roots Art - Southern VisionsJuly 2003Ebony & WodellArt in America
- National NewsAugust 2002Editor, ARTnewsARTnews
- ARTtalkNovember 2001Editors, ARTtalkARTnews
- The Missing TraditionMay 1997Mcevilley, ThomasArt in America
- Visionaries Blessed with RootsJune 1996Mettler, SusanArt & Antiques
- Outside, Inside or SomewhereMay 1996Tully, JuddARTnews