Beaufort Delaney (1901-1979)
Beaufort Delaney (1901-1979) was an American modernist painter whose work was part of two important art movements in the United States: the Harlem Renaissance and the abstract expressionism.
Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee then moved to New York in 1929 where he became involved in the Harlem Renaissance Movement. Later, in 1953, he moved to Paris and lived there until his death in 1979. Like several other American black artists, writers and performers at the time, Delaney found Paris more welcoming to black people than the United States.
Some of the other famous African Americans who moved or lived in Paris was Josephine Baker, Ed Clark, Richard Wright, Chester Hines, James Baldwin, Bob Thompson and Herb Gentry. He had a close friendship with writer James Baldwin and, like Baldwin, Beaufort Delaney is one of America’s great masters but in the visual arts.
His work is in various public and private collections such as University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Studio Museum of Harlem. Delaney is one of many African-American artists that have paved the way for today’s black artists. He is truly one of America’s great masters.
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Xenobia Bailey (1955-)
Artist Xenobia Bailey (b 1955). Known for her large scale eclectic colorful crochet pieces and mandalas, Xenobia Bailey’s fiber interpretations are entrenched in and influenced by African, Chinese and Native American cultures.
She has exhibited at various museums and Institutions such as the Studio Museum of Harlem, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the High Museum of Art, the Jersey City Museum and the John Michael Kohler Art Center. Her work is in the permanent collections at Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Museum of Art and Design, the Allentown Art Museum and more.
#XenobiaBailey is one of the leading visionary American artists in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
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Elijah Pierce (1892-1984)
Renowned wood carver, American artist Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) learned how to carve wood out of scraps around the age of seven. He was taught and inspired by his Uncle Lewis Wallace and since he lived on a farm, Pierce’s early carvings, which he made as a child, were often of farm animals.
A preacher and a barber, he became known for his wood carvings of religious scenes and scenes of everyday African-American life. Born in Baldwin, Mississippi, his artwork has been in numerous exhibitions and collections such as the National Museum of art, Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the Phyllis Kind Gallery, the Barnes Foundation, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
In 1982, he received the National Heritage Award for being one of the major influencers in woodcarving. In 1979, Pierce met, mentored and taught Leroy Almon woodcarving. Almon also became a well-known folk artist. Pierce is one of the significant African-American artists of the twentieth century.
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Rosemary Summers (1952-)
It was 2018 when Detroit artist Rosemary Summers (b 1952) decided to paint. Before becoming a painter, Summers created and sold a successful jewelry line In Detroit. It was her involvement with the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club that sparked her interest in painting.
The Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club is a group of artists, other arts professionals, and art supporters whose mission is to encourage and support the fine arts in Detroit.
Summers considers herself a figurative surrealist artist. According to Summer’s bio: “Her biggest influence was artist Salvador Dali. His convoluted way of painting intrigued her, and she loved the idea of incorporating his style in her paintings.”
Besides paintings, she has created murals, worked with Detroit’s inner city youth, and taught art classes in Detroit. In 1976, Summers received a BA in Clothing and Textiles from Michigan State University. She has patrons at home in Detroit and across the nation, and her work is sold at Umoja Fine Arts Gallery located in Detroit.
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Paul Anthony Smith (1988-)
Jamaican born artist, Paul Anthony Smith (b 1988) explores and celebrates the complexities of black identity within the legacy of the colonialism context and his autobiographical history tied to his Caribbean roots.
Smith lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His art references the works and writings of black intellectuals such as W. E. B Du Bois and Franz Fanon. He creates paintings and picotage on pigment prints which challenges and expands the visual language on how we view photographic images.
His work has been exhibited at several institutions and galleries nationally and internationally, including the Kemper Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Ny; Metropolitan College of New York, Ny; Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, Wi; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, Tx; and Anna Marta Contemporanea, Rome, Italy.
Smith’s work is in several collections including that of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Joslyn Art Museum, and the Petrucci Family Foundation.
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