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Sep 4, 2024 · Archibald Motley is attracting crowds to the Whitney. Talented artists fail to reach fame for many complex reasons, but in the case of African-American painter Archibald Motley Jr, the cause is...
Aug 23, 2024 · Latent Critiques: Archibald Motley Jr., Mexico, and Surrealism Between 1953 – 1959, Archibald Motley Jr. took several trips to visit his nephew Willard Motley, who had permanently taken up residence in Mexico in the late 1940s.
Sep 3, 2024 · Archibald John Motley, Jr., via Whitney Museum of American Art and Valerie Gerrard Browne “Revolutionary (Angela Davis),” 1972. Wadsworth Jarrell, via Kavi Gupta;
Aug 19, 2024 · Notable figures include the painter Palmer C. Hayden, who interpreted Black folklore and working-class life; Archibald J. Motley, best known for his paintings of urban Black social life and his realistic portraits of refined “New Negro” types; Augusta Savage and Richmond Barthé, both sculptors; and other visual artists such as Sargent ...
Sep 2, 2024 · Archibald John Motley Jr. (1891–1981) was one of the first African Americans to study at the Art Institute of Chicago. George Bellows encouraged him to embrace the mid-19th century movement of Realism and to focus his work on Urban Realism.
Sep 3, 2024 · The Archie Motley Reading Room of the Abakanowicz Research Center is named in honor of Archibald Motley, who was a staff member from 1955 to 2002 and served legions of researchers as the Museum’s archivist (1974–98).
Aug 21, 2024 · From the sweeping holdings of performance footage, recorded interviews, notebooks, letters, choreographic notes, and drawings, to other ephemera gathered from nearly 10 sources, the archives forge a vital throughline in the gallery.
