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    Richmond Barthé: His Life in Art

    Richmond Barthé: His Life in Art

    Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens

    October 3, 2010-January 2, 2011

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    Born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Richmond Barthé (1901 – 1989) grew up looking to art as a means of escape from the stringent circumstances in which he was raised. Though he showed a talent for drawing at an early age, his race kept him from being accepted to art school in the South. Sponsored by a Catholic priest, Barthé was admitted to the school at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1924, where he truly blossomed as an artist, experimenting with what would become his chosen medium, bronze sculpture. Following his graduation in 1928, Barthé settled in New York, establishing a studio in Harlem and becoming a major name in the Harlem Renaissance. Over the next few decades, he would continue to rise to greater prominence, creating intensely emotive bronze sculptures on both a large and small scale that speak to his pride in his heritage as well as his appreciation for the beauty of the human form and the human spirit. As Barthé’s biographer Samella Lewis describes, “Barthé dedicated his life to art, creating timeless treasures in which poise, dignity, intelligence and aesthetic sensibility are reflected.” Richmond Barthé: His Life in Art takes a contemplative look back at this artist’s extraordinary career by examining 30 of his most important sculptures.


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        4339 Park Avenue
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        October 3, 2010-January 2, 2011

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