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The Athlete

Oil on canvas board
23 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches
1959
Now on view: TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Art of the Athlete Fun Fact:
Douglas, a professor at Fisk University from 1940-1966, taught in the Atelier style. Unlike his famous cubist silhouette pieces, The Athlete was likely created during a class where he painted among his students.

As published in:
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 21: Art & Architecture

As exhibited in:
Aaron Douglas and Arna Bontemps: Partners in Activism, 2015–2016, Alexandria Museum of Art, Virginia

Carolina Collects, 2008, Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina

Elevation from Within: The Study of Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2019–2024, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2019; Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2022, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2023, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2024

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