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Title The art of Ellis Wilson / Albert Sperath [and others].

Publication Info. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (86 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Everything of Interest and Beauty / Margaret R. Vendryes 3 -- Ellis Wilson, a Native Son / Steven H. Jones, Eva F. King 13 -- Curator's Essay / Albert F. Sperath 23 -- Reproductions 25 -- Catalogue Raisonne 67.
Summary From the tobacco fields of western Kentucky to the streets of Harlem, from the Gullah Islands off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts to the all-black republic of Haiti, painter Ellis Wilson (1899-1977) examined the scope and depth of black culture. One of Kentucky's most significant African American artists, Wilson graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. He spent five more years in the city before moving to New York, where he lived for the rest of his life. Aside from his participation in the WPA's Federal Arts Project and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he was never able to support ...
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Subject Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977 -- Exhibitions.
Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977.
African American painting -- Exhibitions.
African American painting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Added Author Sperath, Albert F., 1944-
Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977.
Vendryes, Margaret R.
Jones, Steven H.
King, Eva.
Murray State University.
University of Kentucky. Art Museum.
Other Form: Print version: Art of Ellis Wilson. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2000 0813109809 (DLC) 99054111 (OCoLC)42682681
ISBN 9780813160474 electronic book
0813160472 electronic book
9780813109800