Archibald Motley
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Archibald John Motley Jr., was an American visual artist. Motley is most famous for his colorful chronicling of the African-American experience in Chicago during the 1920s through 1940s, and is consid
Self Portrait (1920)
Archibald Motley, Self-Portrait
NARA black-and-white photograph of "Getting Religion" painting by Motley (original painting in color)
Nightlife (1943), oil on canvas
Gus Nall
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Gus Nall was an American painter during the mid-20th century in Chicago, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Born in Illinois, Nall’s most known work is his painting "Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps
Archibald Motley
…made me very, very angry. Motley spent the majority of his life in Chicago, where he was a contemporary of fellow Chicago artists Eldzier Cortor and Gus Nall. He lived in a predominantly white neighborhood, and attended majority-white primary and secondary schools. He graduated from Englewood Technical Prep…
"Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond" by Gus Nall