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Barthé

American  
[bahr-tay] / bɑrˈteɪ /

noun

  1. Richmond, 1901–1989, U.S. sculptor.


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“You can almost graph my crowd scene compositions onto an Archibald Motley Jr., jazz scene. You can see the bones of Richmond Barthé in my sculptures,” he said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

The recreations are often very precise, as when, mirroring filmed documentation of Locke and Barthé, the actors replicate their original positions and expressions as they smilingly examine Barthé’s art.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

To promote African American artists, Dr. Lewis made short documentary films about sculptors including Barthé and John Outterbridge.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022

He tells his mother that he prefers Barthé to the better-known sculptor Augusta Savage, “who offered to let me work at her studio, but was too busy to give much instruction.”

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019

Includes exhibition of paintings by Malvin Gray Johnson and sculptures by Richmond Barthé and Sargent Johnson, presented by the Harmon Foundation in cooperation with the Delphic Studios, April 22-May 4, 1935, inclusive.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Dorothy B. Porter

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