Richard Dial

Richard Dial (amụrụ 1955) bụ onye mmebe na ọkpụ akpụ nke onye Africa-American mara maka ọrụ ọla ya na arịa ụlọ anthropomorphic. Ọkụ na-ebi ma na-arụ ọrụ na Bessemer, AL.

 Ndụ 
Richard Dial tolitere na Bessemer, Alabama ya na nna ya, n'ime ezinaụlọ nka nke gụnyere nna ya Thornton Dial, nne Clara Mae Dial, na ụmụnne ya Thornton Dial Jr., Daniel Dial, na Matte Dial. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Hueytown High School wee nweta afọ abụọ nke ọzụzụ nka na Bessemer Technical School.  Na 1976 ọ lụrụ Belinda Davis na ọnụ ha zụlitere ụmụ nwoke abụọ. Ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ dịka onye ọrụ igwe na Pullman Standard Company na Bessemer, AL ebe nna ya na nwanne nna ya, Arthur Dial, rụkwara ọrụ.  Mgbe Pullman kwụsịrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ mmezi maka ụlọ ọrụ Mayfield Manufacturing Company.  Na 1984, site n'enyemaka nke nna ya na nwanne ya nwoke, Dan, Richard hapụrụ Pullman Standard Company wee malite azụmahịa nke ya, Dial Metal Patterns.  Ọkpụkpọ ọla kọpa na-echepụta, mepụta ma kesaa arịa ụlọ patio igwe sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ Thornton Dial nke o mere na mbido 1980s. 

 Ọrụ 
Site na ọla ndị a tụfuru n'ụlọ ahịa ya, Richard Dial gbanyere otu oche igwe ka ọ bụrụ akụkọ gbasara mmadụ na obodo ha nwere ike ijide. Na nyocha ya nke Dial's Comfort Series of oche Robert Hobbs dere "Ihe osise Richard Dial na-enye ndụ ọhụrụ na ihe atụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nke oche ụkwụ na ogwe aka n'otu oge ahụ na ha na-agbanwe oche ndị a ka ọ bụrụ ọdịdị omenala."  A na-ehulata ihu na-egosipụta onwe ya na welded n'azụ na n'elu oche, na-enye ha àgwà pụrụ iche. Agbakwunyere ụkwụ ma ọ bụ akụkụ ndị ọzọ n'oche, dị ka na Nkasi Obi nke Ekpere (1988),  iji gosi na oche-cum-oche nọ n'ọnọdụ ikpere ma ọ bụ nwee aka n'úkwù. Mgbe ụfọdụ, Dial na-ejikọta oche abụọ ma ọ bụ agwa abụọ n'ime otu ihe ọkpụkpụ iji gosipụta mmekọrịta ezinụlọ, dị ka na Nkasi Obi nke Mbụ A mụrụ (1988)  na The Comfort and Service Papa m na-eweta na ezinụlọ anyị (1988).  Oche ndị ọzọ na-egosipụta akụkọ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, akụkọ ihe mere eme na okpukperechi na nhịahụ dị nkenke na mmegharị ahụ. Nkasi obi nke Moses na Iwu Iri ahụ (1989) na ekpere nke kwụsịrị ịgba ohu (1989) na-enyefe njikọ nke okpukpe Abraham n'ime omenala ndịda nke Africa-American. 

N'adịghị ka ndị ọzọ na-ese ihe na South Africa bụ ndị hụrụ ụdị mmadụ n'ime ihe na-adịghị ndụ, ya bụ Bessie Harvey, Archie Byron, na Ralph Griffin, Richard Dial họọrọ ígwè na ígwè ọrụ n'elu osisi. Ọ chọtara ụdị mmadụ n'ime igwe ọrụ nke ụmụ mmadụ mechara mepụta ma "na-enwe mmasị na-egwu egwu na anwansi n'ụwa nke igwe mere." 

 Nchịkọta 
Ọrụ ya gụnyere na mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide nke Souls Grown Deep Foundation,  High Museum of Art   na American Folk Art Museum .  

 Ntụaka 
rụkwara ọrụ.  Mgbe Pullman kwụsịrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ mmezi maka ụlọ ọrụ Mayfield Manufacturing Company.  Na 1984, site n'enyemaka nke Hobbs dere "Ihe osise Richard Dial na-enye ndụ
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