The art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr.
Not on view
This retrospective catalog of an exhibition held at the Chicago Historical Society on Archibald J. Motley Jr. spans his forty-five year career from 1916 to 1961. Motley is best known as a major contributor of the Harlem Renaissance for his lively representation of African American culture in Chicago throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The catalog features Motley’s entire oeuvre including portraits, the rural South, Paris in the 1920s, Bronzeville neighborhood Chicago street scenes, historical murals, WPA projects, and 1950s Mexico.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
