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Motley, who had his first solo show in New York, in 1928, was primarily known for his exuberant scenes chronicling Bronzeville, a segregated Black neighborhood in his hometown of Chicago. In Tongues (Holy Rollers) , purplish-brown curtains open to reveal a dramatically lit nighttime gathering at a Pentecostal church.
Many people have never heard of Archibald Motley, although he is one of this country’s most significant 20th-century artists. The modernist painter belongs in the annals of art history, made clear by the exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. We invite you to explore STORIES, a collection of links, blog posts, discoveries and ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Many people have never heard of Archibald Motley, although he is one of this country’s most significant 20th-century artists. The modernist painter belongs in the annals of art history, made clear by the exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. We invite you to explore STORIES, a collection of links, blog posts, discoveries and ...
Motley and Granzo, who was white, had one son, Archibald J. Motley III, in 1933. Granzo’s family, who was of German descent, disowned her because of her interracial marriage; Motley’s son recalls how the family maintained a private lifestyle due to persistent racial scrutiny.[1]
“The Portraits of Archibald Motley and the Visualization of Black Modern Subjectivity” explains, Motley emphasized the variety of skin tones among African Americans. She notes that Motley’s portraits of the “New Negro Woman” accordingly consist of generic types
Oct 19, 2014 · Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist presents a full-scale survey of one the most important artists of the Harlem Renaissance, featuring the painter's visual examination of African American culture during the Jazz Age. The exhibition covers Motley's entire career, including periods in Chicago, Paris, and Mexico.
Organized and edited by the art historian Richard Powell, this exhibition and its accompanying catalogue mark the first full-scale retrospective in twenty years of the paintings by Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (1891-1981). 1 Consisting of forty-two works created between 1919 and 1961, the exhibition and richly illustrated catalogue highlight the Harlem Renaissance artist’s vividly colored ...
