Archibald J. Motley Jr.(1st Edition) (The David C. Driskell Series of African American Art, V. 4) by AmyM. Mooney, Archibald John Motley Hardcover, 116 Pages, Published 2004 by Pomegranate ISBN-13: 978-0-7649-2886-4, ISBN: 0-7649-2886-4
"Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981) devoted his prodigious and critically acclaimed career to portraying African Americans seriously rather than as caricatures, hoping that honest African American art would become accepted and a subsequent synthesis would occur, creating an American art form appreciated by all, regardless of racial identity. Drawing on the artist’s paintings and eloquent writings; recently unearthed taped interviews; u ..."
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