“..A self-taught artist, Dial began constructing sculpture and assemblage with found scrap materials and objects from his job as a metalworker... ” ...

A mixed media painting by Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016 ... running the gamut from Chinese carved furniture to Daum Nancy and Galle vases but fine art will definitely take center stage.

Thornton Dial was a pioneering African-American artist best known for his large-scale assemblage paintings. He melded complex themes like Civil Rights history, archaeology, and construction, through ...