Art History Lecture Series | Beauford Delaney (1901–1979)

Born in Tennessee, Delaney studied painting in Boston then matured his craft in New York before moving to Paris in 1953. His work comprises streetscapes, portraits, and abstractions. Close friend James Baldwin wrote, “I learned about light from Beauford Delaney. The light contained in every thing, in every surface, in every face.”

Beauford Delaney. Auto-Portrait, 1965. Oil on canvas, 24 × 19 3/4in. Estate of Beauford Delaney. Whitney Museum of American Art.

Beauford Delaney, Auto-Portrait, 1965. Oil on canvas, overall: 24 × 19 3/4 in. (61 × 50.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund, the Richard and Dorothy Rodgers Fund, the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund and the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund 95.2. © Estate of Beauford Delaney

November 9, 2023

11 am-12 pm

Frye Art Museum
704 Terry Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

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Series Pass
Members: $120
Non-members: $150
Students: $75

Individual Tickets
Members: $13
Non-members: $16
Students: $9

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