Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Blues” 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois) (© ...
STOCKBRIDGE — A lanky, wide-eyed man decked out in a tuxedo and top hat scans his surroundings. His companion, dressed for a masquerade, in a yellow ball gown, mask and black veil, is just as ...
It’s a skinny storefront much like any other in Harper Court. There are folding chairs set up in front of a projection screen, and announcements for various upcoming cultural events in Hyde Park ...
In the glittering world of the 1920s, cocktails were more than drinks — they were cultural statements. Despite Prohibition, or perhaps because of it, Americans of the Jazz Age elevated cocktail ...
On this tour led by Mark Satlof, a 25-year-resident of Central Harlem/Strivers Row, guests will get rare insight into the locale of one of the most creative periods ever in the arts — the Jazz Age in ...
New printing technology raised commercial artwork to a new standard in the 1920s. A 1922 cover of a Marshall Fields fashion catalogue. "Springtime" by Joseph Bolegard. DELAWARE ART MUSEUM / Courtesy ...