Beauford Delaney

Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)

Tennessee-born Delaney studied at art schools in Boston, including the Copley Society, before moving to New York City in 1929. There, he painted members of his Harlem and Greenwich Village artistic and intellectual circles, the socially disenfranchised, and urban scenes. He assisted with Charles Alston’s Harlem Hospital murals for the WPA/FAP and exhibited his work with growing frequency as he gained recognition. His expressionistic, jazz-influenced style became increasingly abstract in Paris, where he lived from 1953 until his death.

Important Source Material:

Canterbury, Patricia Sue. Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris. Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with the University of Washington Press, 2004.

Leeming, David. Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. Stroke! New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2005.

Studio Museum in Harlem. Beauford Delaney: A Retrospective. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 1978.

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