The Octoroon Girl was meant to be a symbol of social, racial, and economic progress. The excitement in the painting is palpable: one can observe a woman in a white dress throwing her hands up to the sound of the music, a couple embracinghand in handin the back of the cabaret, the lively pianist watching the dancers. Motley himself was of mixed race, and often felt unsettled about his own racial identity. In the space between them as well as adorning the trees are the visages (or death-masks, as they were all assassinated) of men considered to have brought about racial progress - John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr. - but they are rendered impotent by the various exemplars of racial tensions, such as a hooded Klansman, a white policeman, and a Confederate flag. Painting during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, Motley infused his genre scenes with the rhythms of jazz and the boisterousness of city life, and his portraits sensitively reveal his sitters' inner lives. Artist Overview and Analysis". Robinson, Jontyle Theresa and Wendy Greenhouse, This page was last edited on 1 February 2023, at 22:26. His work is as vibrant today as it was 70 years ago; with this groundbreaking exhibition, we are honored to introduce this important American artist to the general public and help Motley's name enter the annals of art history. I didn't know them, they didn't know me; I didn't say anything to them and they didn't say anything to me." [8] Motley graduated in 1918 but kept his modern, jazz-influenced paintings secret for some years thereafter. As Motleys human figures became more abstract, his use of colour exploded into high-contrast displays of bright pinks, yellows, and reds against blacks and dark blues, especially in his night scenes, which became a favourite motif. "[3] His use of color and notable fixation on skin-tone, demonstrated his artistic portrayal of blackness as being multidimensional. [22] The entire image is flushed with a burgundy light that emanates from the floor and walls, creating a warm, rich atmosphere for the club-goers. Birth Year : 1891 Death Year : 1981 Country : US Archibald Motley was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Motley died in 1981, and ten years later, his work was celebrated in the traveling exhibition The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr. organized by the Chicago Historical Society and accompanied by a catalogue. The distinction between the girl's couch and the mulatress' wooden chair also reveals the class distinctions that Motley associated with each of his subjects. [13] They also demonstrate an understanding that these categorizations become synonymous with public identity and influence one's opportunities in life. The naked woman in the painting is seated at a vanity, looking into a mirror and, instead of regarding her own image, she returns our gaze. Archibald Motley (18911981) was born in New Orleans and lived and painted in Chicago most of his life. In 1927 he applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship and was denied, but he reapplied and won the fellowship in 1929. In his oral history interview with Dennis Barrie working for the Smithsonian Archive of American Art, Motley related this encounter with a streetcar conductor in Atlanta, Georgia: I wasn't supposed to go to the front. He took advantage of his westernized educational background in order to harness certain visual aesthetics that were rarely associated with blacks. The impression is one of movement, as people saunter (or hobble, as in the case of the old bearded man) in every direction. Behind him is a modest house. While this gave the subject more personality and depth, it can also be said the Motley played into the stereotype that black women are angry and vindictive. [2] The synthesis of black representation and visual culture drove the basis of Motley's work as "a means of affirming racial respect and race pride. He studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1910s, graduating in 1918. This happened before the artist was two years old. [6] He was offered a scholarship to study architecture by one of his father's friends, which he turned down in order to study art. Richard J. Powell, a native son of Chicago, began his talk about Chicago artist Archibald Motley (1891-1981) at the Chicago Cultural Center with quote from a novel set in Chicago, Lawd Today, by Richard Wright who also is a native son. "Black Awakening: Gender and Representation in the Harlem Renaissance." ", Oil on Canvas - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, This stunning work is nearly unprecedented for Motley both in terms of its subject matter and its style. Thus, this portrait speaks to the social implications of racial identity by distinguishing the "mulatto" from the upper echelons of black society that was reserved for "octoroons. Archibald J. Motley, Jr. American Painter Born: October, 7, 1891 - New Orleans, Louisiana Died: January 16, 1981 - Chicago, Illinois Movements and Styles: Harlem Renaissance Archibald J. Motley, Jr. Summary Accomplishments Important Art Biography Influences and Connections Useful Resources There are other figures in the work whose identities are also ambiguous (is the lightly-clothed woman on the porch a mother or a madam? Status On View, Gallery 263 Department Arts of the Americas Artist Archibald John Motley Jr. There was a newfound appreciation of black artistic and aesthetic culture. He used distinctions in skin color and physical features to give meaning to each shade of African American. His depictions of modern black life, his compression of space, and his sensitivity to his subjects made him an influential artist, not just among the many students he taught, but for other working artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and for more contemporary artists like Kara Walker and Kerry James Marshall. He studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1910s, graduating in 1918. $75.00. He is best known for his vibrant, colorful paintings that depicted the African American experience in the United States, particularly in the urban areas of Chicago and New York City. He produced some of his best known works during the 1930s and 1940s, including his slices of life set in "Bronzeville," Chicago, the predominantly African American neighborhood once referred to as the "Black Belt." Motley elevates this brown-skinned woman to the level of the great nudes in the canon of Western Art - Titian, Manet, Velazquez - and imbues her with dignity and autonomy. Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 January 16, 1981), was an American visual artist. First One Hundred Years offers no hope and no mitigation of the bleak message that the road to racial harmony is one littered with violence, murder, hate, ignorance, and irony. She shared her stories about slavery with the family, and the young Archibald listened attentively. There he created Jockey Club (1929) and Blues (1929), two notable works portraying groups of expatriates enjoying the Paris nightlife. He showed the nuances and variability that exists within a race, making it harder to enforce a strict racial ideology. These figures were often depicted standing very close together, if not touching or overlapping one another. Stomp [1927] - by Archibald Motley. But because his subject was African-American life, hes counted by scholars among the artists of the Harlem Renaissance. I used sit there and study them and I found they had such a peculiar and such a wonderful sense of humor, and the way they said things, and the way they talked, the way they had expressed themselves you'd just die laughing. But Motley had no intention to stereotype and hoped to use the racial imagery to increase "the appeal and accessibility of his crowds. I used to make sketches even when I was a kid then.". In the 1950s, he made several visits to Mexico and began painting Mexican life and landscapes.[12]. He sold twenty-two out of twenty-six paintings in the show - an impressive feat -but he worried that only "a few colored people came in. You must be one of those smart'uns from up in Chicago or New York or somewhere." I used to have quite a temper. The woman stares directly at the viewer with a soft, but composed gaze. Archibald J. Motley, Jr's 1943 Nightlife is one of the various artworks that is on display in the American Art, 1900-1950 gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago. She had been a slave after having been taken from British East Africa. Du Bois and Harlem Renaissance leader Alain Locke and believed that art could help to end racial prejudice. "[21] The Octoroon Girl is an example of this effort to put African-American women in a good light or, perhaps, simply to make known the realities of middle class African-American life. Archibald Motley, Jr. (1891-1981) rose out of the Harlem Renaissance as an artist whose eclectic work ranged from classically naturalistic portraits to vivaciously stylized genre paintings. While in high school, he worked part-time in a barbershop. Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 - January 16, 1981),[1] was an American visual artist. Motley worked for his father and the Michigan Central Railroad, not enrolling in high school until 1914 when he was eighteen. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources used in the writing of this page. Motley's work made it much harder for viewers to categorize a person as strictly Black or white. In contrast, the man in the bottom right corner sits and stares in a drunken stupor. In this series of portraits, Motley draws attention to the social distinctions of each subject. Light dances across her skin and in her eyes. Here she sits in slightly-turned profile in a simple chair la Whistler's iconic portrait of his mother Arrangement in Grey and Black No. Its a work that can be disarming and endearing at once. Born into slavery, the octogenerian is sitting near the likeness of a descendant of the family that held her in bondage. [5], When Motley was a child, his maternal grandmother lived with the family. I try to give each one of them character as individuals. [2] After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1918, he decided that he would focus his art on black subjects and themes, ultimately as an effort to relieve racial tensions. Blues, critic Holland Cotter suggests, "attempts to find visual correlatives for the sounds of black music and colloquial black speech. The painting, with its blending of realism and artifice, is like a visual soundtrack to the Jazz Age, emphasizing the crowded, fast-paced, and ebullient nature of modern urban life. Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists? He retired in 1957 and applied for Social Security benefits. "[2] Motley himself identified with this sense of feeling caught in the middle of one's own identity. Motley remarked, "I loved ParisIt's a different atmosphere, different attitudes, different people. The flesh tones are extremely varied. Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas, By Steve MoyerWriter-EditorNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). In 2004, Pomegranate Press published Archibald J. Motley, Jr., the fourth volume in the David C. Driskell Series of African American Art. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother (1871) with her hands clasped gently in her lap while she mends a dark green sock. First we get a good look at the artist. His nephew (raised as his brother), Willard Motley, was an acclaimed writer known for his 1947 novel Knock on Any Door. [2] He graduated from Englewood Technical Prep Academy in Chicago. Motley's presentation of the woman not only fulfilled his desire to celebrate accomplished blacks but also created an aesthetic role model to which those who desired an elite status might look up to. Blues : Archibald Motley : Art Print Suitable for Framing. She is portrayed as elegant, but a sharpness and tenseness are evident in her facial expression. [7] He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] where he received classical training, but his modernist-realist works were out of step with the school's then-conservative bent. Picture Information. Oil on Canvas - Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia, In this mesmerizing night scene, an evangelical black preacher fervently shouts his message to a crowded street of people against a backdrop of a market, a house (modeled on Motley's own), and an apartment building. Motley's use of physicality and objecthood in this portrait demonstrates conformity to white aesthetic ideals, and shows how these artistic aspects have very realistic historical implications. Archibald Motley (1891-1981) was born in New Orleans and lived and painted in Chicago most of his life. ", "And if you don't have the intestinal fortitude, in other words, if you don't have the guts to hang in there and meet a lot of - well, I must say a lot of disappointments, a lot of reverses - and I've met them - and then being a poor artist, too, not only being colored but being a poor artist it makes it doubly, doubly hard.". Motley experienced success early in his career; in 1927 his piece Mending Socks was voted the most popular painting at the Newark Museum in New Jersey. The tight, busy interior scene is of a dance floor, with musicians, swaying couples, and tiny tables topped with cocktails pressed up against each other in a vibrant, swirling maelstrom of music and joie de vivre. It was this disconnection with the African-American community around him that established Motley as an outsider. Despite his early success he now went to work as a shower curtain painter for nine years. Archibald Motley 's extraordinary Tongues (Holy Rollers), painted in 1929, is a vivid, joyful depiction of a Pentecostal church meeting. In 1917, while still a student, Motley showed his work in the exhibition Paintings by Negro Artists held at a Chicago YMCA. And that's hard to do when you have so many figures to do, putting them all together and still have them have their characteristics. [5] Motley would go on to become the first black artist to have a portrait of a black subject displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago. The gleaming gold crucifix on the wall is a testament to her devout Catholicism. The following year he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study abroad in Paris, which he did for a year. The rhythm of the music can be felt in the flailing arms of the dancers, who appear to be performing the popular Lindy hop. During this time, Alain Locke coined the idea of the "New Negro", which was focused on creating progressive and uplifting images of blacks within society. The first show he exhibited in was "Paintings by Negro Artists," held in 1917 at the Arts and Letters Society of the Y.M.C.A. Originally published to the public domain by Humanities, the Magazine of the NEH 35:3 (May/June 2014). Thus, his art often demonstrated the complexities and multifaceted nature of black culture and life. While he was a student, in 1913, other students at the Institute "rioted" against the modernism on display at the Armory Show (a collection of the best new modern art). Upon graduating from the Art Institute in 1918, Motley took odd jobs to support himself while he made art. Physically unlike Motley, he is somehow apart from the scene but also immersed in it. His father found steady work on the Michigan Central Railroad as a Pullman porter. Motley painted fewer works in the 1950s, though he had two solo exhibitions at the Chicago Public Library. The composition is an exploration of artificial lighting. Motley befriended both white and black artists at SAIC, though his work would almost solely depict the latter. The wide red collar of her dark dress accentuates her skin tones. These direct visual reflections of status represented the broader social construction of Blackness, and its impact on Black relations. It appears that the message Motley is sending to his white audience is that even though the octoroon woman is part African American, she clearly does not fit the stereotype of being poor and uneducated. Motley strayed from the western artistic aesthetic, and began to portray more urban black settings with a very non-traditional style. And in his beautifully depicted scenes of black urban life, his work sometimes contained elements of racial caricature. Gettin' Religion (1948), acquired by the Whitney in January, is the first work by Archibald Motley to become part of the Museum's permanent collection. It was where strains from Ma Raineys Wildcat Jazz Band could be heard along with the horns of the Father of Gospel Music, Thomas Dorsey. In Black Belt, which refers to the commercial strip of the Bronzeville neighborhood, there are roughly two delineated sections. As published in the Foundation's Report for 1929-30: Motley, Archibald John, Jr.: Appointed for creative work in painting, abroad; tenure, twelve months from July 1, 1929. Archibald J. Motley Jr. Photo from the collection of Valerie Gerrard Browne and Dr. Mara Motley via the Chicago History Museum. The use of this acquired visual language would allow his work to act as a vehicle for racial empowerment and social progress. He was offered a scholarship to study architecture by one of his father's friends, which he turned down in order to study art. Title Nightlife Place For example, in Motley's "self-portrait," he painted himself in a way that aligns with many of these physical pseudosciences. Picture 1 of 2. Motley's paintings grapple with, sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly, the issues of racial injustice and stereotypes that plague America. That brought Motley art students of his own, including younger African Americans who followed in his footsteps. It was with this technique that he began to examine the diversity he saw in the African American skin tone. At the time he completed this painting, he lived on the South Side of Chicago with his parents, his sister and nephew, and his grandmother. With all of the talk of the "New Negro" and the role of African American artists, there was no set visual vocabulary for black artists portraying black life, and many artists like Motley sometimes relied on familiar, readable tropes that would be recognizable to larger audiences. All Rights Reserved, Archibald Motley and Racial Reinvention: The Old Negro in New Negro Art, Another View of America: The Paintings of Archibald Motley, "Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist" Review, The Portraits of Archibald Motley and the Visualization of Black Modern Subjectivity, Archibald Motley "Jazz Age Modernist" Stroll Pt. Notable works depicting Bronzeville from that period include Barbecue (1934) and Black Belt (1934). There was a newfound appreciation of black artistic and aesthetic culture. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. By painting the differences in their skin tones, Motley is also attempting to bring out the differences in personality of his subjects. His series of portraits of women of mixed descent bore the titles The Mulatress (1924), The Octoroon Girl (1925), and The Quadroon (1927), identifying, as American society did, what quantity of their blood was African. InMending Socks(completed in 1924), Motley venerates his paternal grandmother, Emily Motley, who is shown in a chair, sewing beneath a partially cropped portrait. One central figure, however, appears to be isolated in the foreground, seemingly troubled. I walked back there. Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 January 16, 1981),[1] was an American visual artist. Motley's portraits are almost universally known for the artist's desire to portray his black sitters in a dignified, intelligent fashion. She wears a red shawl over her thin shoulders, a brooch, and wire-rimmed glasses. His use of color to portray various skin tones as well as night scenes was masterful. They act differently; they don't act like Americans.". ", "I sincerely hope that with the progress the Negro has made, he is deserving to be represented in his true perspective, with dignity, honesty, integrity, intelligence, and understanding. In 1925 two of his paintings, Syncopation and A Mulatress (Motley was noted for depicting individuals of mixed-race backgrounds) were exhibited at the Art Institute; each won one of the museum ' s prestigious annual awards. If Motley, who was of mixed parentage and married to a white woman, strove to foster racial understanding, he also stressed racial interdependence, as inMulatress with Figurine and Dutch Landscape, 1920. Motley was the subject of the retrospective exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, organized by the Nasher Museum at Duke University, which closed at the Whitney earlier this year.. Is the couple in the foreground in love, or is this a prostitute and her john? He depicted a vivid, urban black culture that bore little resemblance to the conventional and marginalizing rustic images of black Southerners so familiar in popular culture. And the sooner that's forgotten and the sooner that you can come back to yourself and do the things that you want to do. In the midst of this heightened racial tension, Motley was very aware of the clear boundaries and consequences that came along with race. InThe Octoroon Girl, 1925, the subject wears a tight, little hat and holds a pair of gloves nonchalantly in one hand. His night scenes and crowd scenes, heavily influenced by jazz culture, are perhaps his most popular and most prolific. in order to show the social implications of the "one drop rule," and the dynamics of what it means to be Black. [16] By harnessing the power of the individual, his work engendered positive propaganda that would incorporate "black participation in a larger national culture. She somehow pushes aside societys prohibitions, as she contemplates the viewer through the mirror, and, in so doing, she and Motley turn the tables on a convention. 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