William photography mr and mrs eugene tolliver

About the artist:

William Tolliver spent more than 38 of his 48 years perfecting his skill as an artist. William's passion for art began at the age of seven, while shadowing his mother would conducted art contests between herself, Tolliver and his older brother to see who could draw the best.

Although his brothers' interest in art waned, however, William's did not.

William photography mr and mrs eugene tolliver

In the spring of 1991, William relocated from Lafayette, LA to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue art full-time. After several success years as an artist William became the first African-American to open an art gallery in the district of Buckhead in Atlanta, Ga.

The Vicksburg, MS native handled figure studies, portraits, human interest situations, landscapes, and semi-abstracts, all with equal perfection and all from a photographic memory. He never received any formal training, however, Tolliver attested to reading more than 4,000 books on different subjects, but mostly on art - his thirst for the subject was unque