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Atlanta's High Museum to feature work of Bill Traylor, self-taught artist born ...

ATLANTA ? A new exhibition set to open at Atlanta's High Museum of Art showcases the work of Bill Traylor, who was born into slavery in Alabama and became a highly respected self-taught artist after he began drawing while sitting on the sidewalks of ...

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By Jessica Gingrich Winfred Rembert is a self-taught artist who has been recognized for his paintings depicting his experiences as an African American in the segregated South. Rembert grew up in Cuthbert, Ga., where he spent his childhood working in ...

High Museum to feature folk artist Bill Traylor

ATLANTA ? A new exhibition set to open at Atlanta's High Museum of Art showcases the work of Bill Traylor, who was born into slavery in Alabama and became a highly respected self-taught artist after he began drawing while sitting on the sidewalks of ...

The Anthony Petullo Collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum

That collection of works is now taking up residence in a new home, the Milwaukee Art Museum. The Petullo collection of more than 300 drawings, paintings and sculptures, combined with the museum's already-strong holdings in folk and self-taught art, ...