sealmaiden: Bill Traylor, Blue Cat 1939-42, poster paint and pencil on cardboard. “In only three years, between 1939 and 1942, Bill Traylor—former slave, factory worker, and homeless welfare recipient, who slept on a wooden pallet inside the funeral home—created his own extraordinary history of drawing in 1,800 images. Most were preserved by his friend and fellow artist, Charles Shannon. Traylor was black, Shannon white.” … more here 

sealmaiden:

Bill Traylor, Blue Cat 1939-42, poster paint and pencil on cardboard.

“In only three years, between 1939 and 1942, Bill Traylor—former slave, factory worker, and homeless welfare recipient, who slept on a wooden pallet inside the funeral home—created his own extraordinary history of drawing in 1,800 images. Most were preserved by his friend and fellow artist, Charles Shannon. Traylor was black, Shannon white.” … more here 

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