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- In his studio in Chicago, Marshall discusses his career, his strategies to circumvent institutional inequality, and his mission to diversify the cultural representations that are prioritized and historicized by the museum and art history canon.
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James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento.
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James W. Marshall’s discovery of gold in the streambed near Sutter’s Mill launched one of the largest human migrations in history: the California Gold Rush. As a postmaster, farmer, and millwright, Marshall played an essential role in the development of the western United States.
Jan 24, 2014 · James W. Marshall, who had lost his cattle and ranch while fighting for California’s independence from Mexico, was launching a new business in the settlement of Coloma, on the South Fork of...
Marshall's work combines a painterly realism within elements of collage, pattern, and environment that employ similar pictorial strategies to the grand tradition of history painting albeit with a distinct connection to the Black Arts movement.
- African-American
- October 17, 1955
- Birmingham, Alabama
Aug 2, 2021 · James Marshall, Kerry’s father, didn’t graduate from high school. He served in the Army during the Korean War, then went to work as a dishwasher at the veterans hospital in Birmingham,...
Jun 12, 2006 · On the south fork of the American River, 45 miles northeast of Sutter’s Fort, near a Maidu Indian village called Cullumah (Coloma), Marshall began construction. He enlisted the services of local Indians and Mormon veterans of the Mexican War to build the mill, which was nearly complete by late 1847.
Oct 20, 2016 · Works by Kerry James Marshall on display at the Met Breuer include from left: “Many Mansions,” “Untitled (Altgeld Gardens),” “C.H.I.A.” and “Better Homes Better Gardens.” Credit...
