CHICAGO — An event at the Chicago Cultural Center brought together two strands of African-American culture in Chicago: the wide-ranging exhibition of paintings by Archibald Motley, and an hour of ...
*A 1920’s nightclub in Paris, where dark and light-skinned people are pressed together in a sexy sway. An exclusive ‘Bronzeville’ neighborhood with a night time glow, showing the bustling streets of a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of African American painter Archibald Motley consist of 71 items and date from 1925-1977. Found are photocopies of biographical ...
Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Blues” 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois) (© ...
There is no evidence to suggest that painter Archibald Motley and jazz great Louis Armstrong ever crossed paths when they both lived in Chicago. But both men had their most artistically fertile ...
The Whitney presents the first full-scale survey in two decades of the paintings of Archibald Motley (1891–1981), who was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and ...
The conversation took place late at night early into this new year inside a tavern that has existed for decades and was once a lively meeting place for all sorts of creative types. This conversation ...
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