Friend Preview for Archibald Motley: / Jazz Age Modernist Wed, Sept 30, 2015, 12–5 pm

Friend Preview for Archibald Motley:
Jazz Age Modernist

Wed, Sept 30, 2015
12–5 pm

A lively nighttime street parade with musicians playing brass instruments and people dancing under a streetlamp.
A lively nighttime street parade with musicians playing brass instruments and people dancing under a streetlamp.

Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin’ Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, 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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Painter Archibald Motley (1891–1981) is celebrated for his dynamic depictions of modern life in his home town, Chicago, as well as Jazz Age Paris and Mexico. Enjoy a preview of the new exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, the most extensive survey of this important Harlem Renaissance artist’s painting to date.

Wednesday and Thursday, September 30 and October 1
12 pm–5 pm

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