Thornton Dial
African-American artist
Died when: 87 years 119 days (1047 months)Star Sign: Libra
Thornton Dial (10 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.
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