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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: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300