New Negro artists in Paris : African American painters and sculptors in the city of light, 1922-1934 / Theresa Leininger-Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leininger-Miller, Theresa A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expatriate artists--France--Paris.

Expatriate artists.

Art, American.

African American artists.

African American art.

France--Paris.

African American art--France--Paris.

African American artists--France--Paris.

Art, American--France--Paris.

Art, French--20th century--France--Paris.

Art, French.

Physical Description:

xxii, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2001]

Summary:

The New Negro Artist in Paris analyzes the experiences and works of six African American artists who lived and worked in Paris during the Jazz Age sculptors Elizabeth Prophet and Augusta Savage, and painters Palmer Hayden, Hale Woodruff, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., and Albert Alexander Smith. More than 120 works of art are analyzed, many never before published. These artists exhibited the works they created in Paris at prestigious salons in France and in the United States, winning fellowships, grants, and awards. Leininger-Miller argues that it was study abroad that won these artists critical acclaim, establishing their reputations as some of the most significant leaders of the New Negro movement in the visual arts. She begins her study with a history of the debut of African American artists in Paris, 1830-1914, then provides readers with rarely seen profiles of each of the six artists from their birth through the end of their time abroad. Finally, Leininger-Miller examines patterns and differences in these individuals' backgrounds and development, their patronage in the United States and France, their shared experiences abroad, and the impact their study in Paris had on the rest of their careers.

Contents:

Debut of African American artists in Paris, 1830-1914

Artistic career of a near expatriate : Nancy Elizabeth Prophet in Paris, 1922-1934

Painting seascapes and "Negro characters" : Palmer Hayden in Paris, 1927-1932

Education of a modernist : Hale Woodruff in France, 1927-1931

Loner in Paris : Archibald J. Motley Jr., 1929-1930

"Une femme sculpteur noire" : Augusta Savage in Paris, 1929-1931

Playing to American and European audiences : Albert Alexander Smith abroad, 1922-1940.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index.

ISBN:

0813528100

0813528119

0813528577

0813528585

OCLC:

43541507