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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

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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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

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When: 1949 Where: Bronzeville, Chicago What Kanye West once said about Chi-town: "And what I loved most she had so much soul" comes alive in this painting by Archibald Motley Jr. The center of the African American party scene in Chicago's South Side was the infamous neighborhood of Bronzeville. This jazz era neighborh

Archibald John Motley Jr., 1943

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