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1904 Knoxville, Tennessee - 1991. Known for: Street genre, figure, portrait, mural.
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of... Read full biography
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of the city, he said: "The curtain goes up on the stage of life every time we walk into the street. In... Read full biography
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of the city, he said: "The curtain goes up on the stage of life every time we walk into the street. In spite of New York's being the most congested city I have been in, and know about, by and large, it's just people on the move. I have enjoyed more than I can say seeing people and hearing them speak... Read full biography
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of the city, he said: "The curtain goes up on the stage of life every time we walk into the street. In spite of New York's being the most congested city I have been in, and know about, by and large, it's just people on the move. I have enjoyed more than I can say seeing people and hearing them speak about things they love and enjoy.". Delaney, the son of a Methodist minister, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1904, the ninth of ten children. It was in church that Delaney and his older brother, Beauford, began to express their art talent by... Read full biography
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of the city, he said: "The curtain goes up on the stage of life every time we walk into the street. In spite of New York's being the most congested city I have been in, and know about, by and large, it's just people on the move. I have enjoyed more than I can say seeing people and hearing them speak about things they love and enjoy.". Delaney, the son of a Methodist minister, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1904, the ninth of ten children. It was in church that Delaney and his older brother, Beauford, began to express their art talent by drawing on Sunday School cards. He attended school there, leaving the Knoxville Colored High School at the end of the ninth grade. The next few year... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Nature, Environment, Botanicals, Conservation
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •George Bridgman
- •Thomas Hart Benton
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
- •Julius Rosenwald Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940