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Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas made "Study for the book 'God's Trombones,' (1926) a year after he moved to Harlem, where James Weldon Johnsona writer, civil rights activist, and author of God’s Trombonesalso lived. In pencil and tempera, Douglas depicts a man surrounded by palms and foliage; the viewer follows his gaze as he looks leftward toward the thick chain encircling his wrist and ankle. By placing the chain in the figure's hands, however, Douglas suggests ...that this protagonist holds his own freedom in his hands. Douglas silhouettes the man in a hopeful beam of light, against a background of varying shades of graya graphic style which he would continue to explore in future works. [Douglas] was probably the visual artist most responsible for defining the style that's come to be associated with the Harlem Renaissance period in modern American art, which was an incredible flowering of creative activity in literature, in poetry, in music, in the visual arts, as well, in the Harlem community of New York in the 1920s.Esther Adler, Associate Curator, MoMA The Museum of Modern Art This past June, MoMA The Museum of Modern Art fulfilled a long-term goal by acquiring this workits first work by Aaron Douglas.

The last of Horace Pippin’s (b. 1888, West Chester, PA; d. 1946, West Chester, PA) seven World War I pictures in private hands, Gas Alarm Outpost, Argonne (ca. 19311937) depicts Black troops on sentry duty behind the front lines. The subject was personal: the artist had volunteered for the 15th Regiment of the New York National Guard, which became the U. S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regimentotherwise known as the Harlem Hellfighters. This Black troop, which was under French c...ommand, was deployed at the front in spring 1918, and awarded a Croix de Guerre for valor. Near the end of his life, Pippin famously asserted that World War I brought out all the art in me. Watch a musical meditation led by musician Jason Moran on James Reese Europe, the band leader of the Harlem Hellfighters regiment who was credited with bringing jazz to Europe during World War I: https://bit.ly/2MmrBO6 Text excerpted from "Horace Pippin, American Modern" by Anne Monahan. Image: Horace Pippin, Gas Alarm Outpost, Argonne, ca. 1931-1937. Oil on canvas, 22 1/8 x 30 inches #horacepippin #blackhistorymonth #ww1 #harlemhellfighters #ww1artists #croixdeguerre #argonne #modernistpainter #africanamericanpainter #africanamericanartist #alexandregallery @thejasonmoran #jasonmoran #jazz

Throughout a productive life in which he created handsome color woodcuts, paintings and drawings that almost always reference people and a romantic world, Walter [Williams] seldom veered away from his single vision focused on bringing beauty to the world even when depicting the harsh realities of everyday life.David C. Driskell, July 2004 Just a few more weeks left to catch the Walter Williams viewing room featuring a selection of the artist's intense, color-drenched canvases. Browse here: https://bit.ly/3siz6VC Image: Walter Willams, Boy with Roots, 1970. Mixed media on board, 7 x 8 inches

At a point I couldn’t ignore it anymore, because here they are growing and doing all these wonderful thingsit’s like someone putting out a dance and you’re not paying any attention to it." In this video from summer 2020which reminds us that warm weather is ahead!Lois Dodd explains how the environment surrounding her home in Maine continues to inspire her. Coming up in our virtual viewing rooms is a selection of paintings of flowers by Lois Dodd. Watch this space for it’s launch date

In his landscapes, Walter Williams used a vibrant color palette and careful layering of woodcuts, collage, and brushwork to draw the viewer into the splendor of an eternal Scandinavian summer’s day. But these perfect worlds are often as much a celebration of the brilliance of nature as they are a reference to the deep suffering and inequity of humanity. Sometimes these references are quite direct, as in the grey/black coloration and unambiguous allegorical imagery of Caged Bird (1966), pictured here. View more about Williams’ and his works in our current viewing room: https://bit.ly/3siz6VC

At age 26, artist William H. Johnson (b. 1901, South Carolina) moved to France and lived intermittently in Europe for the next twelve years. While his painting style during this time was largely expressionistic, Johnson pivoted to a unique style referencing his African American ancestry upon his return to the United States in the late '30s. "Children" (1941), which is now in MoMA The Museum of Modern Art's collection, embodies the artist’s deliberately simplified visual vocab...ulary developed during this phase in his career. "Deploying stylized, nonillusionistic techniques, he rendered them not only flat, but also as nearly identical in their frontal stances, outward gazes, and jewel-toned outfits. Despite the ostensible directness of these subjects and their placement in this nondescript space, however, Johnson clearly tackled a political consideration in "Children": the varied skin tones among these three figures remind us of the discriminatory practice, common at the time of this painting’s creation, of determining an individual’s legal (and social) status on the basis of skin pigmentation. In paintings like "Children," Johnsonwho identified as 'both a primitive and a cultured painter'offered a subtle repudiation of accepted standards of race in the United States." (Publication excerpt from "MoMA Highlights: 375 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York") Image: William H. Johnson, Children, c. 1941 (Previously known as Three Girls) (detail). Oil on wood panel, 17 x 12 inches

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Happy birthday to the one and only, Stuart Davis! Image: Stuart Davis, Feasible, 1949. Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches

"Looking out or looking in, especially from the artist’s solitary point of view, is charged with voyeurism, peeping-Tomism, and Duchampian curiosity: who can forget looking through the hole in the Étant Donnés (194666) and seeing the dismembered nude within?" . The Brooklyn Rail reviews "Interiors: hello from the living room," on view at 1969 Gallery through December 13, which featured this gorgeous Lois Dodd painting titled "Chair, Night Window." Read more here: https://bit.ly/2JPpTTX . Image: Lois Dodd, Chair, Night Window, 2016. Oil on Masonite, 20 15 7/8 in (50.8 40.3 cm)

"Tomorrow at 7 pm EST, tune in to ""Resisting Abstract Expressionism,"" a virtual talk by curator Karen Wilkin Watch here: https://bit.ly/39w5kGD . Curator Karen Wilkin discusses Figuration Never Died: New York Painterly Painting, 1950-1970, which features work by 10 artists who absorbed the lessons of Abstract Expressionism but never abandoned figurative painting: Robert De Niro, Sr. (19222003), Lois Dodd (b. 1927), Jane Freilicher (19242014), Paul Georges (19232002), Grace Hartigan (19222008), Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), Alex Katz (b. 1927), Albert Kresch (b. 1922), Paul Resika (b. 1928), and Anne Tabachnick (19271995)."

We're pleased to announce a solo show of new paintings by Tom Uttech opening on Monday, October 26. Make an appointment here to visit the exhibition: https://bit.ly/3kqYFAv . Known for his spiritual paintings of woodland scenes in North America, Uttech uses memories of a life spent outdoors as his subject. Intermingling traditional landscape painting with magic realism, his works straddle dream and meticulous compositiona style that extends out to the frames, which are often hand-painted by the artist.

I work best going back to the same places. I change, they change or the weather changes. I used to think the subject would dry up, and I would have to make a move. But that never happened; it is the reverse.Lois Dodd Read a review of Lois Dodd and Shara Hughes's show at Parts & Labor Beacon in the Highlands Current: https://bit.ly/2GUgw4a On view through October 25. Make sure to add the gallery to your leaf-peeping weekend agenda

Throughout her life, Loren MacIver (19091998) was uncompromisingly dedicated to her own distinctive style of painting, in which she depicted everyday scenes and objects in emotive, ethereal light and color. MacIver's work is on view now at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts as part of "Transcendental Modernism" open through March 14. Read more: https://bit.ly/3j28TFJ . Loren MacIver, Provincetown Shack, c. 1934, oil on canvas, 17 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches Loren MacIver, Crossing the Dunes, 1933, pastel on paper, 23 x 17 inches

Today is the last day to see "Tom Uttech: New Paintings." See the virtual exhibition here: https://bit.ly/2KtcUYk . His beloved Migration paintings, examples of which are in major American museums including Crystal Bridges, New Orleans and the Smithsonian, have given way to his most recent motif Reflection paintings. Uttech recently said recalling reflections in still woodland waters: Symmetry is life: it’s reality, and it’s spiritual. That is magic. Painting, hopefully can do that too. . #alexandregallery #artgallery #loisdodd #neilwelliver #johnwalker #stephenwestfall #tomuttech #willbarnet #lorenmaciver #brettbigbee #arthurdove #marsdenhartley #americanart #americanartist #abstractart #abstractartist #modernart #stieglitzgroup @crystalbridgesmuseum @neworleansmuseumofart @smithsonian

Happy Thanksgiving from the Alexandre team to you and yours Grant Wood, Adolescence, 1933 (detail). Gouache and ink on paper, 24 x 12 inches

Every night, I’m treated to the same landscape show that Frederic Church was. Take a peek behind Stephen Westfall's studio and home in upstate New York, where the landscape and community continue to inspire his painting practice. Learn more about Westfall here: https://bit.ly/3jKXXxD

We are pleased to participate in the thirteenth edition of the American Art Fair, which opened today and is on view through October 18! Our presentation includes two works by Marsden Hartley: "Fishing Boat #2" (1936) and "Autumn Cascade I" (ca. 1910). Visit us virtually here: https://bit.ly/3lzsu1B . One of the most important American Modernist painters, Hartley is known for his paintings of landscapes, figures, and still lifes that express his own inner emotional life and ra...diate with his reverence for the natural world. Hartley drew inspiration from Cubist painting as well as the writings of Walt Whitman and American transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. These two works epitomize this influence, and also reflect his longtime engagement with the land and culture of his native New England. . #alexandregallery #artgallery #loisdodd #neilwelliver #stephenwestfall #tomuttech #willbarnet #lorenmaciver #arthurdove #marsdenhartley #georgiaokeeffe #americanart #americanartist #abstractart #abstractartist #landscape #americanmodernist #americanartfair #stilllife #waltwhitman #americantranscendentalists #henrydavidthoreau #ralphwaldoemerson #newengland #newenglandartists #painter #maineartists @americanartfair See more

AG pick: Joan Snyder's solo exhibition "The Summer Becomes a Room" now on view at Canada Gallery through October 10. Joan Snyder has been making expressive, materially complex paintings for over 50 years, making her mark in the late 1960s and early 70s with her "stroke" paintings. "The Summer Becomes a Room" presents a series of large-scale works that reference fields and landscapes with expanses of bold color punctuated by tender arrangements of symbols and text and collaged with burlap, silk, and organic matter like dried flowers, mud, and herbs. Image: Joan Snyder, All Mine, 2010

The external world becomes internal in Brett Bigbee's paintings. For almost thirty years, Bigbee has been painting in his signature magical, precisionist, realist style that shares qualities with both European Renaissance masters and American folk art. During isolation for the past seven months, Bigbee has continued to paint more symbolic and metaphoric compositionswhich he began about two years agoexploring personal and intimate portrayals of his own landscape in Maine. "A Desire for Grace," pictured here, is on view at the gallery as part of "Paintings from Isolation" through October 17. Browse through paintings by Brett Bigbee work here: https://bit.ly/3ityeIk Image: Brett Bigbee, A Desire for Grace, 20192020. Oil on linen, 7 x 5 inches

Come visit us! "Paintings from Isolation" includes new works made during the past seven months by Brett Bigbee, Lois Dodd, Tom Uttech, John Walker, and Stephen Westfall. . We're currently open by appointment onlyto reserve your time slot, please email us at [email protected] or call us at 212.755.2828.

Now on view: an intergenerational pairing of two solo exhibitions by Lois Dodd (b. 1927) and Sharif Farrag (b. 1993) at Adams and Ollman Gallery in Portland, Oregon: https://bit.ly/3hAvDfe Presented in collaboration with Alexandre Gallery, Dodd's solo exhibitionthe first significant presentation of the artist's work on the West Coastincludes a selection of paintings from 1986 to 2017. These works will be presented alongside Farrag's first exhibition at the gallery, which features new ceramic sculptures by the artist. Images: Lois Dodd, Seed Pods, 2007; Sharif Farrag, Watermelon Warthog Jug, 2020

Opening today! "Paintings from Isolation" brings together recent works by Brett Bigbee, Lois Dodd, Tom Uttech, John Walker, and Stephen Westfall. Created during the past six months while in isolation, the paintings reflect the artists’ surroundings and day-to-day activity during quarantine. This exhibition is presented at the gallery with an expanded version presented online at alexandregallery.com. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2Fn30F3 . Visits to the gallery require a prior appointment that can be made by phone (212.755.2828) or email ([email protected]). Masks and social distancing are required in the gallery building and gallery space. The gallery also requires all visitors to provide contact information.

Like so many of you, we have missed visiting our treasured museums in New York, and we're so excited to (safely) visit them now that they are opening! One of our favorite works, Two Rebels by Jacob Lawrencewhich was created in 1963 in response to the anti-segregation demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabamahas us particularly looking forward to seeing MoMA's hang of Lawrence's migration series on the Fourth Floor. Happy visiting! . MoMA, open now and free through Sept. 27 Met ...Museum, now open Whitney Museum, opening Sept. 3 Guggenheim, opening Oct. 3 See more

Born #OTD: the prolific artist Romare Bearden. . Known as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Bearden experimented with many different mediums and artistic styles, but is best known for his richly textured collages. Pictured here is "Early Carolina Morning," 1978.

Save the date! Join us for a group show at the gallery opening on September 12, featuring works by Brett Bigbee, Lois Dodd, Tom Uttech, John Walker, Stephen Westfall. Visits to the gallery require a prior appointment that can be made by phone (212-755-2828) or email ([email protected]). Masks and social distancing are required in the gallery building and gallery space. We also require all visitors to provide contact information. Work pictured by Stephen Westfall, Charmed, 2020, gouache on paper, 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.

An integral aspect of Alexandre Gallery is the family of artists and artist estates that we have the honor of working with over many years, including Will Barnet, Vincent Smith, Hyman Bloom, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Loren MacIver, Emily Nelligan and Neil Welliver. We are grateful for the privilege of having known and worked closely together with each of these artists during their lifetimesand now with their families. View a special selection of works by this group of artists: https://bit.ly/2YwUOZJ