Louis Delsarte, a Muralist of the Black Experience, Dies at 75
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Steven Kurutz
Louis Delsarte, a noted artist who celebrated African-American history and culture through dreamlike paintings, drawings, prints and, above all, large-scale public murals, died on May 2 in Atlanta. He was 75.
His wife, Jea Delsarte, confirmed the death, saying he had had a heart condition.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Mr. Delsarte created monumental murals throughout New York City. Among his best-known pieces is a 20-foot-long mosaic, “Transitions,” installed in 2001 inside the Church Avenue subway station in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. [More]
By Steven Kurutz
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| Another detail from “Transitions.”Credit...Rob Wilson |