1920, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Self-Portrait -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: Motley believed that the visual arts could improve interracial understanding by helping to dispel stereotypes. He painted this self-portrait as a newly trained artist shortly after the 1919 race riots in Chicago. Cutting an elegant, self-assured figure—with pomaded hair, a trimmed mustache, and a dark suit jacket accented with a horseshoe pin—Motley grasps the tools of his profession in his immaculately manicured hands. The vivid colors on his palette reflect the often bright tonalities of his most renowned works.
1920, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Self-Portrait -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: Motley believed that the visual arts could improve interracial understanding by helping to dispel stereotypes. He painted this self-portrait as a newly trained artist shortly after the 1919 race riots in Chicago. Cutting an elegant, self-assured figure—with pomaded hair, a trimmed mustache, and a dark suit jacket accented with a horseshoe pin—Motley grasps the tools of his profession in his immaculately manicured hands. The vivid colors on his palette reflect the often bright tonalities of his most renowned works.