"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72". The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017. Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary... Read full biography
"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72". The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017. Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary black men and women, memorializing them in portraits that echoed the grand manner of the old masters,... Read full biography
"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72". The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017. Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary black men and women, memorializing them in portraits that echoed the grand manner of the old masters, died on Tuesday in New London, Conn. He was 72. His wife, Susan, said that the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage. While touring Europe as an undergraduate art student in the mid-1960s, Mr. Hendricks... Read full biography
"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72". The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017. Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary black men and women, memorializing them in portraits that echoed the grand manner of the old masters, died on Tuesday in New London, Conn. He was 72. His wife, Susan, said that the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage. While touring Europe as an undergraduate art student in the mid-1960s, Mr. Hendricks fell in love with the portrait style of artists like van Dyck and Velázquez. His immersion in the Western canon, however, left him troubled. In his visits to the museums and churches of Britain, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, he saw virtually no... Read full biography
"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72". The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017. Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary black men and women, memorializing them in portraits that echoed the grand manner of the old masters, died on Tuesday in New London, Conn. He was 72. His wife, Susan, said that the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage. While touring Europe as an undergraduate art student in the mid-1960s, Mr. Hendricks fell in love with the portrait style of artists like van Dyck and Velázquez. His immersion in the Western canon, however, left him troubled. In his visits to the museums and churches of Britain, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, he saw virtually no black subjects. His own race was, in effect, a void in Western art. As the Black Power movement unfolded around him, he... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997
Powell, Richard J
256 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Gallery of Art
545 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Figure Painting 1950-198 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Styron, Thomas W
115 pages (color)
20 Figure Painters and How they Work
1979
Meyer, Susan E
175 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art Philadelphia Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Marcus, George H. (Editor)
166 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art) (Exhibition catalog)