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1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2017 New London, Connecticut. Known for: Black portrait figure social commentary painting.
"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
Barkley Leonnard Hendricks - Artist Info
About Barkley Leonnard Hendricks: Keywords
Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teacher
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art, and Architecture, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Cresson Traveling Scholarship
- •Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Contemporary Black Artists in America, Whitney Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts