Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial
Born(1928-09-28)September 28, 1928
Emelle, Alabama
DiedJanuary 25, 2016(2016-01-25) (aged 87)
McCalla, Alabama[1]
NationalityAmerican
Known forassemblage paintings, sculpture
SpouseClara Mae Murrow

Thornton Dial (28 September 1928 – 25 January 2016) was a pioneering American artist who came to prominence in the late 1980s. Dial's body of work exhibits formal variety through expressive, densely composed assemblages of found materials, often executed on a monumental scale. His range of subjects embraces a broad sweep of history, from human rights to natural disasters and current events. Dial's works are widely held in American museums; ten of Dial's works were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2014.[2]

  1. ^ "Thornton Dial | History Refused to Die". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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