Adolphus Ealey | |
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Born | February 22, 1941 |
Died | November 11, 1992
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Artist, curator, educator, writer, entrepreneur, art dealer |
Spouse(s) |
Howard University, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Adolphus Ealey (1941–1992) was an American artist, curator, educator, writer, and entrepreneur. He was African-American and a noted Black art authority, and he was the longtime curator of the Barnett–Aden Collection of Black art. [1] [2] [3]
Adolphus Ealey was born on February 22, 1941, in Atlanta, Georgia. [4] He attended Howard University ( B.A. degree 1963) and studied under James V. Herring. [4] [1] He received a master's degree (1964) at Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, [5] and a Ph.D. in art from the University of Wisconsin. [2]
"All things are interrelated and nourish one another. All cultures are interwoven."
– Adolphus Ealey (in 1991) [6]
Ealey was a longtime curator of the Barnett–Aden Collection of Black art starting in 1969; the collection was formerly associated with Barnett-Aden Gallery and bequeathed to Ealey by James V. Herring. [7] [8] Later the collection was located at the Museum of African American Art in Tampa, Florida (which has since closed). [9] [10] He took an anthropological approach to the collection of objects, emphasized culture and organized them around a village concept. [11]
Ealey was a professor at Washington Technical Institute (now University of the District of Columbia) from 1969 to 1971. [1] He also taught art classes at Sharpe Health School in Washington, D.C., a school for children with disabilities, from 1972 to 1975. [1] From 1976 to 1978, Ealey was the first director of the Afro-American Cultural and Historical Museum of Philadelphia (now the African American Museum in Philadelphia). [1]
In 1985, he designed memorabilia for the first national celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commissioned by the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change; and it was said to have been personally approved by Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.. [12]
He was the president of Heritage Noir Inc. in 1983. [5] Ealey had been friends with artist Alma W. Thomas. [4]
He had AIDS and died of kidney failure on November 11, 1992, at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C.. [1] He has artist files at the National Gallery of Art Library; [13] and he is included in the public museum collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art. [14]
Adolphus Ealey | |
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Born | February 22, 1941 |
Died | November 11, 1992
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Artist, curator, educator, writer, entrepreneur, art dealer |
Spouse(s) |
Howard University, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Adolphus Ealey (1941–1992) was an American artist, curator, educator, writer, and entrepreneur. He was African-American and a noted Black art authority, and he was the longtime curator of the Barnett–Aden Collection of Black art. [1] [2] [3]
Adolphus Ealey was born on February 22, 1941, in Atlanta, Georgia. [4] He attended Howard University ( B.A. degree 1963) and studied under James V. Herring. [4] [1] He received a master's degree (1964) at Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, [5] and a Ph.D. in art from the University of Wisconsin. [2]
"All things are interrelated and nourish one another. All cultures are interwoven."
– Adolphus Ealey (in 1991) [6]
Ealey was a longtime curator of the Barnett–Aden Collection of Black art starting in 1969; the collection was formerly associated with Barnett-Aden Gallery and bequeathed to Ealey by James V. Herring. [7] [8] Later the collection was located at the Museum of African American Art in Tampa, Florida (which has since closed). [9] [10] He took an anthropological approach to the collection of objects, emphasized culture and organized them around a village concept. [11]
Ealey was a professor at Washington Technical Institute (now University of the District of Columbia) from 1969 to 1971. [1] He also taught art classes at Sharpe Health School in Washington, D.C., a school for children with disabilities, from 1972 to 1975. [1] From 1976 to 1978, Ealey was the first director of the Afro-American Cultural and Historical Museum of Philadelphia (now the African American Museum in Philadelphia). [1]
In 1985, he designed memorabilia for the first national celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commissioned by the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change; and it was said to have been personally approved by Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.. [12]
He was the president of Heritage Noir Inc. in 1983. [5] Ealey had been friends with artist Alma W. Thomas. [4]
He had AIDS and died of kidney failure on November 11, 1992, at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C.. [1] He has artist files at the National Gallery of Art Library; [13] and he is included in the public museum collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art. [14]