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Archibald John Motley Jr

Archibald John Motley, Jr (1891 - 1981) was active/lived in Illinois, Louisiana.  Archibald Motley Jr is known for African-American genre, still life painting.

Born in 1891 into a Creole home in New Orleans, and raised in Chicago from the time he was an infant, Archibald J. Motley Jr. very early showed a talent and passion for art. When he was just 9 years old, he knew that he wanted to be an artist. He trained at the Art Institute of Chicago* from 1914 to 1918, and his first year at the Institute was funded by Frank Gunsaulus, president of the Armour Institute, which reached out to needy, talented students. Motley's teachers were John Norton, Karl Buehr, Alfred Krehbiel, George Wolcott and George Bellows. In 1919, Motley returned to the Institute to study with Bellows.

Genre of African-American life in Chicago was the inspiration for much of his painting, and he painted in a modernist* style that sometimes incorporated allusions to African tribal rites. "Motley forcefully advocated that black artists devote themselves to African-American subjects in a modern setting." (Kennedy) His scenes included south side neighborhood dance halls,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3692 characters.]  Artist bio

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