The Portland Art Museum, part one: David Driskell
A wonderful museum, with a stellar collection all genres, and a great solo exhibition by David Driskell, whom I did not know, but was very impressed. The photos represent about a 5th. of the exhibit.
David Driskell (1931-2020) was a artist, scholar, and professor of art, and is recognized as helping establish African-American art as a field of study, and one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. He was honored by Pres. Bill Clinton with a National Humanities Medal in 2000, and was awarded nine honorary Doctorates.
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| "City Quartet" 1953 |
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| "Winter Tree" 1962 |
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| "Blue of the Night" 1959 |
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| "Gabriel" 1965 |
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"Behold Thy Son" 1956
This pays homage to Emmett Till, brutally murdered in
Mississippi in 1955 |
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| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" 1972 |
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| "Our Ancestors, Festival" 1973 |
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| "Masking Myself" 1972 |
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| "Ghetto Wall" 1970 |
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| "Still Life with Sunset" 1966 |
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| "Gate Leg Table" 1966 |
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| "Dance of the Masks" 2000 |
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| Susan matching outfit to art. |
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Large mural showing Driskell in his studio.
Perhaps the greatest thing about art is the never-ending astonishment at discovering a new, and brilliant
artist you never heard of. And there are so many! |
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