Archibald motley

Oil painting by John Archibald Motley Jr. Download from ARTstor

Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin' Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, overall: 32 × 39 7/16 in. (81.3 × 100.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2016.15. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

Archibald John Motley Jr., 1943

Archibald J. Motley Jr., The First One Hundred Years: He Amongst You Who is Without Sin Shall Cast the First Stone: Forgive Them Father For They Know Not What They Do, c. 1963–72. Oil on canvas, 48 7/8 × 40 3/4 in. (124 × 103.5 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

You can almost feel the rhythm of the music through his paintbrush. Archibald Motley was one of the only artists of his time willing to vividly and positively depict African Americans in their vibrant urban culture, rather than in impoverished and rustic circumstances. Skin tone is celebrated as som

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This painting, Saturday Night" by Archibald L. Motley is about how swing dancing made people happy. As you can see by the expressions on everyones face it was very entertaining. Also the woman that is dancing is in such a soulful positioning you can just see how much the dancing means to her individually. This image relates to the themes, pride and desire to reconstruct meaning of "negro". The way that this artwork shows pride is because you can tell that the dancers in the picture have full…

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If the purpose of an exhibition is to open your eyes and send your mind spinning in all sorts of unexpected directions, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, currently on the eighth floor of the new, spacious Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street, should be slotted at the top of your must-do list.

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