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Philip Evergood
untitled ( Civil Rights )

1958

About the Item

Evergood is decades ahead of his time in shouting out against racial injustice. Painted in the late 1950's KKK is an important work. For Philip Evergood (born Philip Blashki), painting was a form of social protest. In 1923, he studied at the Art Students League under George Luks, where he began painting contemporary life with artists John Sloan and Reginald Marsh. But it was the Great Depression that inspired the most drastic change in the artist’s oeuvre, as he turned to drawing horrific scenes of poverty directly from the city’s streets. At the same time, he became an advocate for social change, serving as managing supervisor of the New York WPA easel project and president of the Artists Union. More concerned with conveying emotion than beautiful composition, and influenced by El Greco, Paul Cézanne, and the Surrealists, he used what he described as “the nasty color or sickly color, the sweet color or violent color or pretty-pretty-dolly color that will express the mood of what I’m trying to put over.”
  • Creator:
    Philip Evergood (1901-1973, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1958
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38533358393
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