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Barthé

American  
[bahr-tey] / 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

These scenes amplify Julien’s theme of the unquiet journey of African art into Western domains, whereas a re-enactment of Locke lovingly gazing upon Barthé as he sleeps feels like an outtake from “Waiting for Langston.”

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 Porter, Dorothy B.

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