William Mack Tolliver was born in December of 1951 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Although his mother worked in the cotton fields by day, she found time to rear and help educate her 14 children. To stimulate their interest in learning, she often challenged William and his older brother to drawing contests. Discovering William’s talent, she borrowed art books from the library that exposed her son to the works of the European masters. As Tolliver later explained, in The International Review of African American Art, “It’s very unusual for a mother from my economic background to be teaching her child something like that.” This item will be sold as "in the style of"............................ Works in the style of” are works of an unknown creator whose style is heavily influenced by the style of the named master artist. (Source: Getty's Thesaurus of Art and Architecture).Image size: 11 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches (29.5 by 21.5 cm) All measurements are approximate.

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