Additional information
| Artist | Redwood |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Category | African-American, North American |
ArtistRedwood, Allen Carter
Artist Years1844-1922
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleResting, Dockside
Yearca. 1880
MediumDrawing > Gouache
DimensionsBoard: 7 X 9.5 inches
Description
Gouache and watercolor en grisaille drawing on illustration board, signed “A-C. R.” in the lower right corner.
Accession NumberRC521
Notes1.
Allen Carter Redwood was an American illustrator and painter. He was born in Lancaster, Virginia. Redwood studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute for a year before returning south to fight for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He sketched and wrote about the war. After the War, he became an illustrator, working for Harper's and The Century magazines. He traveled west in 1882 and thereafter produced many western-themed illustrations for popular magazines.
(source: Delaware Art Museum)
2.
This remarkable work, full of dignity and empathy for two African-American dock workers, belies the artist's history as someone leaving New York to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War. This piece probably commissioned for a story in The Century or Harper's Magazine.
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