Beauford Delaney was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his
Beauford Delaney, photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1953
Plaque in tribute to Beauford Delaney, rue de la Gaîté 20bis, 75014 Paris
Tombstone of painter Beauford Delaney at the Parisian Cemetery of Thiais in Thiais, France
James Baldwin was born in and lived his entire childhood and adolescence in Harlem, New York. He expatriated and lived most of his adult life in France, though he traveled frequently and had extended
Beauford Delaney
…for a tombstone. Fundraising began in February 2010, and the association ordered the stone by June 2010. The installation was completed by August 2010. James Baldwin in France Les Amis de Beauford Delaney blog…
Baldwin in 1969, Hyde Park, London
Café de Flore in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where Baldwin wrote during his Parisian years
The cover of the first edition of Notes of a Native Son
The house in Saint-Paul-de-Vence where Baldwin lived and died