Lesson 3 The True Art Lovers
From Shadows to Spotlights
____ to the Dream Art Gallery!
I’m Isabel Williams, the docent ____ the From Shadows to Spotlights exhibit.
Today, you’re going to meet three amazing artists who never ____ up on their art, despite challenges in their lives.
Each artist has a unique painting style and story that has made their work highly ____
Let’s explore ____ artist’s life and artwork.
Bill Traylor
The first artist ____ going to examine is Bill Traylor.
Traylor was born into slavery in the U.S. in 1853 and spent his early life working on ____ cotton farm in Alabama.
Although he became a free man after the American Civil War, he still had to ____ racial discrimination, working for very low wages on the farm.
Later, when he was around 70 years old, ____ moved to the city of Montgomery, Alabama, where he found a job in a factory.
It wasn’t until he was 85 years old and became too ill to work that he turned to ____ to express his life experiences.
Now, we’re going to look at some of his paintings, starting ____ Mean Dog and Man and Large Dog.
Traylor had a strong fear of dogs because they had often been used on farms ____ watch and hunt slaves.
His fear of dogs ____ expressed strongly in these pieces.
In contrast, Woman with Purse and Man with Umbrella portrays the free lives of ____ Americans that he observed on the streets of Montgomery.
Using simple shapes and ____ Traylor captured complex moments in American history from slavery to freedom.
____ a result, he’s now considered an important figure in American folk art.
Maud Lewis
Next, ____ have Maud Lewis, a renowned artist known for her heart-warming paintings.
Born in a small Canadian town in 1903, Lewis suffered from physical weaknesses such as distorted ____ and fingers.
This limited her mobility and caused her to drop ____ of school.
To make ____ living, she began to paint and sell Christmas cards.
When her parents passed away, Lewis went to live with her aunt in Digby, Nova Scotia, where she met her future husband, Everett ____
After marrying, ____ couple spent the rest of their lives there, and Lewis continued to paint.
She often depicted the Digby ____ in paintings such as Edge of Digby Harbor.
Her artwork used a mixture of bright and vivid oil paints ____ simple forms, generating an original, innovative style.
Although her physical limitations confined ____ to a small cottage, her talent and imagination were both limitless.
In Red Sleigh, red maple leaves ____ on a special winter landscape, and Pair of Oxen shows decorated cows standing in a flower field.
With these features, Lewis’ ____ create a magical quality, like that of a fairy tale.
As her paintings gradually gained popularity, her story inspired many people and was later made into books and ____
Maud Lewis expressed her love for ____ world through her paintings and became an iconic figure in Canadian folk art.
Anna Ancher
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