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Mose TolliverAlabama (1919-2006) Mose Tolliver's paintings share much of the same character and perspective as Bill Traylor's drawings. It is not clear whether Mose ever saw Traylor's work prior to the Corcoran Gallery exhibition, Black Folk Art in America, in 1982. Their artistic similarities likely come from shared experience and sensibility. Tolliver's paintings depict animals, people and plants in flat perspective, stylistically refined as elementary shapes and symbols. Like Traylor, he occasionally paints scenes with multiple figures interacting around an abstract, minimalist framework, such as a house or tree. He also likes to paint on randomly selected materials. The unusual textures and dimensions of such surfaces compliment his compositions. Mose is also an endearing storyteller. He especially likes to relate his escapades as a young man. Like some other great artists, Mose's Muses are women and spirits.
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