With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Barkley L. Hendricks
Education/Curation, Painting/Drawing
1945 – 2017
African American painter known for his life size portraits of people of color.
- Biography/Description of Work
Though best known for his bold portraits of common urban inhabitants in a style that speaks to the “Birth of Cool,” the title of a five-decade retrospective at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Hendricks early work dates to the 1960s. He obtained a MFA from Yale after study in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and taught at Connecticut College from 1972 until retirement. He was a long-time resident of New London.
- Sources view
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/arts/design/05hend.html http://www.jackshainman.com/artist-biography20.html
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