Name/Title
Everything is Under the Black TreeEntry/Object ID
2009.1.2Description
Everything is Under the Black Tree is a painting of a large white fish surrounded by a flowering black tree against a yellow background. The fish has blue and pink flowers and a face in profile painted on its side. The collectors had this piece in their collection for at least twenty years, and we can estimate it was created in the 1980s, before Dial began his large sculptural assemblages and his drawings on paper. This style seems more rigid than his later painting style, and the large number of images and forms squeezed into one piece is like a precursor to Dial larger, form and image filled sculptural assemblages. Dial’‚s drawings and paintings on paper, which he began painting in the 1990s, have less figures and animals filling the space.Collection
Southern Vernacular Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.1Source or Donor
Lou and Calynne HillAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Dial, Thornton Sr.Role
ArtistDate made
1990 - 1992Dimensions
Height
31-1/2 inWidth
48 inInterpretative Labels
Label
Thornton Dial, Sr. (1928-2016)
Thornton Dial, Sr. is the most famous vernacular artist from the Southeast, whose work has shattered the art world's notion of "folk" and "outsider" art. Although Dial has never had any education or art training and is from a rural town in Alabama, his work touches on themes of racial inequality, struggles in a modern world, and relationships between men and women, themes that resonate with audiences around the world.Created By
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October 1, 2009