"I was trying to fill what they call the full gamut, or the race as a whole...in all my paintings where you see a group of people you'll notice that they're all a little different color. They're not all the same color, they're not all black...they're not all brown. I try to give each one of them character as individuals."
Archibald Motley, Smithsonian Archives Oral History Interview, 1979
Archibald Motley, Smithsonian Archives Oral History Interview, 1979
Pictured: Barbecue, Howard University Art Collection (Archibald Motley, b. October 7, 1891 -- d. January 1981)
