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Alvin Carl HollingsworthNude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black ArtistCirca 1970
Circa 1970
$8,000
£6,116.43
€7,044.89
CA$11,210.45
A$12,515.42
CHF 6,557.89
MX$153,200.98
NOK 83,285.27
SEK 78,527.43
DKK 52,576.72
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Hollingsworth intertwines faces and figures along in black and red on a metallic ground. There are 3 nude figures in total. Black Arts Movement - Dreamy study of faces and nudes floating in a gold metallic sky. In the foreground the is a what appears to be an African figure in a long blue ground with bulbous red hat and then an indication of a mountainous horizon line. The right center is an indication of a sun.
Acrylic and metallic paint on board
Signed lower right
BIOGRAPHY:
Alvin Hollingsworth, African American Artist. comic-strip illustrator and painter was born in New York City and began drawing at the age of four, and by the time he was twelve, he was an artist assistant at Holyoke Publishing Company for Catman's Comics. A year later he was doing illustrations for Crime Comics.
His paintings dealt with themes of contemporary social issues such as the Civil Rights Movement, women's struggles, spiritual concepts, jazz, city life, time and space and dance. He was also a mural designer, author, poet, and lecturer.
He graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City and then graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City College of New York with a fine arts degree. He later did graduate work.
NBC network hired him to tour the East Coast lecturing and demonstrating painting and to host a ten-part series, "You're Part of Art." As a result, he became a widely known figure in the art world.
By 1953, he was creating his own comic strip that was nationally syndicated by the Associated Press in one-hundred forty newspapers. From 1980 until his retirement in 1998, Hollingsworth was a full Professor of Art at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York.
- Creator:Alvin Carl Hollingsworth (1928 - 2000)
- Creation Year:Circa 1970
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38536617512
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