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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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About Thornton (Buck) Dial: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMichael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306Tubman African-American Museum
340 Walnut Street
Po Box 6671
Macon, GA 31208