Archibald Motley

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African American artist painter person

Archibald Motley was an influential African American painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of Black urban life and culture in early 20th-century America.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American artist → painter → person →
awardReceived	Guggenheim Fellowship →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1891-10-07 →
dateOfDeath	1981-01-16 →
educatedAt	School of the Art Institute of Chicago →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Motley →
fieldOfWork	genre painting → painting → portrait painting →
fullName	Archibald John Motley Jr. →
genre	modernism → social realism → urban scene painting →
givenName	Archibald →
hasWorkInCollection	Art Institute of Chicago → Museum of Fine Arts, Houston → Smithsonian American Art Museum →
influencedBy	Chicago South Side nightlife → Harlem Renaissance culture →
movement	Chicago Black Renaissance → Harlem Renaissance →
notableFor	portrayals of African American culture in the early 20th century → vibrant depictions of Black urban life →
notableWork	Barbecue → Black Belt → Blues → Brown Girl After the Bath → Getting’ Religion → Mending Socks → Nightlife → Saturday Night → The Boys in the Back Room → The Liar → The Octoroon Girl → The Picnic → The Plotters →
occupation	painter → visual artist →
placeOfBirth	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
subjectOf	Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist →
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archibald Motley ("Archibald John Motley Jr.") →	fullName
Chicago Black Renaissance →	hasNotableFigure
Harlem Renaissance →	notablePerson
Archibald Motley ("Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist") →	subjectOf