Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 – January 16, 1981),[1] was an American visual artist. Motley is most famous for his colorful chronicling of the African-American experience in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s, and is considered one of the major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance, or the New Negro Movement, a time in which African-American art reached new heights not just in New York but across America—its local expression is referred to as the Chicago Black Renaissance. He studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1910s, graduating in 1918.
The New Negro Movement marked a period of renewed, flourishing black psyche. There was a newfound appreciation of black artistic and aesthetic culture. Consequently, many black artists felt a moral obligation to create works that would perpetuate a positive representation of black people. During this time, Alain Locke coined the idea of the "New Negro", which was focused on creating progressive and uplifting images of blacks within society.[2] The synthesis of black representation and visual culture drove the basis of Motley's work as "a means of affirming racial respect and race pride."[3] His use of color and notable fixation on skin-tone, demonstrated his artistic portrayal of blackness as being multidimensional. Motley himself was of mixed race, and often felt unsettled about his own racial identity. Thus, his art often demonstrated the complexities and multifaceted nature of black culture and life.
^"Archibald Motley, artist of African-American life". Theater/the Arts. The African American Registry. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
^Mooney, Amy (1999). "Representing Race: Disjunctures in the Work of Archibald Motley, Jr". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 24 (2): 163–265. doi:10.2307/4112967. JSTOR 4112967.
^Mooney, Ann M. (2004). Archibald J. Motley Jr. Petaluma, California: Pomegranate Communications, Inc. pp. v. ISBN 9780764928864.
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