Willard Watson

**Willard Watson** (1921 – 1995), bụ onye omenkà sitere na Caddo Parish, Louisiana .  Ọ na-ejikwa aha otutu "Texas Kid".  Ọ bụ African-American.

## Ndụ mmalite na ezinụlọ
A mụrụ Watson na June 17, 1921 na Caddo Parish, Louisiana .  Ọ bụ nwa LT na Mary Liza ( née Frazier) Watson. Nne na nna ya ochie bụbu ndị ohu na Louisiana.  Mmekọrịta nne ya bịara Louisiana site na Mississippi, mgbe a tọhapụrụ ha n'ịbụ ohu na Virginia.  Ndị mụrụ ya bụ ndị na-eketa ihe na Louisiana.  Na 1928, ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara Dallas, Texas.  Mgbe ọ nọ na Dallas, ruo afọ iri na anọ, Watson gara ụlọ akwụkwọ BF Darrell.  Mgbe ọ ghọrọ nwa okorobịa, ọ na-aga n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ Elm Street na mpaghara a maara dị ka " Deep Ellum ," nke n'oge ahụ bụ isi ebe ọrụ African American.  Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka a gbagbuo Watson wee maa ya mma ọtụtụ oge. 

## Ọrụ
Watson dabere na ndị ya na "ncheta, nrọ, ọnọdụ ime mmụọ, na ọnọdụ ndụ".  Nke a nyere mkpali maka nka ya, nchịkọta, na nka.  Azụghị ya nke ọma ma jiri ihe na ihe enwetara ozugbo na ndụ ya kwa ụbọchị.  Ọrụ Watson malitere mgbe, mgbe ọ bụ nwata, ọ kpụrụ ọnụ ọgụgụ sitere na osisi anakọtara, ma malite ịmepụta nkà ndị mmadụ n'oge ọ dị afọ iri na ụma.  Ọ mụtara ịkwa akwa site n'aka nne ya na uwe na akwa ụlọ ka ọ bụrụ ụdị ejiji.   Ọ mepụtara eserese na eserese na akwụkwọ. O ji tableaus nwere ederede mee ihe dị ka ụdị akụkọ ya.  Ọ kpụgharịrị "ụdị okike dị ka iberibe osisi na nkume ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọkpụkpụ". 

Ka ọ na-erule 1975, o ji ahịhịa ihu ya gosi ọrụ ya, dị ka ihe ọkpụkpụ nke anụmanụ.  Ụgbọala Ford ya nke 1968 bụ ihe nka n'onwe ya nwere mpi na foto gbadoro ụkwụ n'akụkụ.  Ụgbọala a dọtara uche nke otu onye na-ere ihe nka n'obodo bụ onye malitere otuto ka ukwuu n'ikpeazụ.  Ebumnuche izizi Watson maka okike nka bụ nkwuputa onwe ya.   Ọ bịara mara obodo ya maka nka yard ya na ndị mmadụ gafere ka ha lelee nka.  

N'afọ 1976, Watson na Bob "Papa-O Wade wuru" maapụ United States nwere akụkụ atọ n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ LBJ. 

### Esemokwu gbasara iwu
Ka oge na-aga, onye agbata obi mere mkpesa banyere "junk" dị na mbara ala ya dugara ebubo nke "nchekwa na-akwadoghị iwu" nke Ụlọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ụlọ na Ụlọ Ntugharị Obodo nke Dallas.  Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị agbata obi ya kwadoro Watson ma chọpụta na ọ bụghị ebubo ahụ.  Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, ọ na-eme njem nlegharị anya n'ụlọ ya, nara onyinye nke ihe osise, ma na-enye nri nri kwa afọ. 

### Mmetụta omenala
Na 1985, a na-eji ụlọ Watson mee ihe dị ka ebe nkiri maka ihe nkiri David Byrne, Ezi Akụkọ .  Watson apụtaghị na fim ahụ; otu o sila dị, nwunye ya, Elnora, na otu n’ime ụmụ ụmụ ha nwere ọrụ. 

## Ọnwụ
Willard Watson nwụrụ, na June 12, 1995, na Dallas.   Emere olili ya na Missionary Park Baptist Church na olili ya bụ na Lincoln Memorial Park na Dallas.  Ọ nwekwara nwa nwaanyị ọ nwụnahụrụ. 

## Ihe nrite

* E gosipụtara Watson na *Oge*, *Texas Monthly*, akwụkwọ akụkọ *D*, na mmemme telivishọn *PM Magazine* maka nka ya. 
* E hiwere ego ụmụaka maka nsọpụrụ ya.
* Dallas Museum of Art nwere ihe ngosi—Willard Watson: Na Memorium, 1921–1995, dịka ụtụ.
* *Ndị nka nka Texas*, Witte Museum na San Antonio, 1978.
* *Anya Texas: Ihe Ngosipụta nke Ndị Artist Folk Texas Living Texas*, Mahadum Houston, 1980.
* *Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art nke Southwest.*
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke ndụ na omenala ndị Africa-American, Dallas, 1987.

## Ntụaka
Mgbe ọ nọ na Dallas, ruo afọ iri na anọ, Watson gara ụlọ akwụkwọ BF Darrell.  Mgbe ọ ghọrọ nwa okorobịa, ọ na-aga n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ Elm Street na mpaghara a maara dị