Posted by Ernest Disney-Britton

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Beauford Delaney’s “Rehearsal,” 1952, showing choir members preparing for a service.
Author James Baldwin called Beauford Delaney his “spiritual father.” Delaney (1901-1979) is one of America's most important painters of the 20th century, a modernist known for his portraits and urban scenes. Both Delaney and Baldwin were Black artists, and victims of anti-gay bigotry, a bigotry that is growing in the 21st-century as evidenced in this week's assault on actor Jussie Smollett. Delaney's work is now in a group show, “God Made My Face: A Portrait of James Baldwin" in NYC. Being gay & Black makes Beauford Delaney’s “Rehearsal” our art of the week.

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Beauford Delaney in his studio in Paris, France
Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin),” from 1941. The portrait of the young writer is a highlight of a group exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery.
Beauford Delaney's "Greene Street" (1940), 57.2 x 44.5 cm (22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.). Museum of Fine Arts
Beauford Delaney's "Portrait of James Baldwin" (1945), 0il on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Beauford Delaney's "Can Fire in the Park" (1946), oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.23
Beauford Delaney's "Exchange Place" (1943). National Museum of African American History & Culture
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