Archibald J. Motley, Jr., “Self-Portrait (Myself at Work)” (1933) oil on canvas, 57.125 x 45.25 in (Collection of Mara Motley, M.D., and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (courtesy the Chicago History Museum, ...
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 ...
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 ...
*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 ...
An essential African American artist of his era, Archibald Motley Jr. created paintings of black Chicago that aligned him with the revisionist aims of the New Negro Renaissance. Yet Motley's approach ...
Accompanies an exhibition by the Chicago Historical Society, Oct. 23, 1991-March 17, 1992, ... and at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 10, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993. NMAF copy ...
With the holiday season nearly upon us, entertaining may be on the brain—which parties we’ll go to, what we’ll host, how we’ll make the most of each, or how we’ll just get through them. But no matter ...
Join us at The Bayview Opera House for the world premiere of The Motley Experiment, Raissa Simpson's evening-length, multi-media exploration of Jazz Age painter Archibald Motley, March 27-29 at ...
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