African Athlete
Drawing- WallArt
- Contemporary Art
1998- Contemporary
111.0 x 76.0 cm
Souls Grown Deep
thornton dial, jr. (1952 –)
Thornton Dial Jr.: Bold assemblage artist tackling social & political issues through monumental works. Exploring race, history & nature – see his powerful art.
Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, United States of America)
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From the beginning, the most prevalent subjects of Dial’s drawings have been women. His earliest works on paper are sinuous female figures in communion with emblems of nature—birds, egg-filled nests, tigers and fish. Beginning in the 1990s, he also began to create portraits of real-word women, from the athlete Florence Griffith Joyner (
About this artwork
- Title: African Athlete
- Artist: thornton dial, jr.
- Year: 1998
- Original dimensions: 111.0 x 76.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Souls Grown Deep
- Medium: Drawing
- Medium type: WallArt
- Creative period: Mature Period
Quick Facts
- Artist: Thornton Dial, Jr.
- Dimensions: 111 x 76 cm
- Notable elements or techniques: Drawing with animal figures
- Subject or theme: Women and nature
- Artistic style: Contemporary African-American art
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