Travel Tip: Art and Archaeology in United States
Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris

Beauford Delaney's (1901-1979) depictions of the streets, parks, and jazz clubs of Harlem and Greenwich Village, dating from 1929 to 1953, convey the energy of the city, while his layered, captivating abstract compositions from his Paris years (1953-1979) demonstrate his sustained exploration of color. Throughout his career, Delaney painted perceptive portraits of celebrated writers, musicians, and actors, many of whom were his close friends, most notably James Baldwin, Henry Miller, and Marian Anderson.

This show presents over fifty paintings, prints, and watercolors from public and private collections in Europe and the United States and include urban pictures in the American Modernist style as well a more personal works that document the face of the racial and social intolerance Delaney faced as a gay black artist.