Family Group Charles Alston 1950

Family Group
Charles Alston 1950
From the collection of
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Details
Title: Family Group
Creator: Charles Alston
Date Created: 1950
Physical Dimensions: 48 x 36 in.
Provenance: Estate of the artist; private collection, New York. By 1994, with Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York; February 1994, sold by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA.
Subject Keywords: African American Artist
Type: Painting
Rights: The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
External Link: MFA Website Entry http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/family-group-555079
Medium: Oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Charles Alston
Nov 28, 1907 - Apr 27, 1977

Charles Henry Alston was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building. In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
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