Today I'm providing links to several brief (less-than-6-minute) videos that present individual paintings created by Beauford over the years.
Each presenter talks about Beauford's life circumstances, but my intent is to have you focus on their description of the work they have decided to feature.
Portrait of James Baldwin (1945)
(1945) Oil on canvas
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art created this video to discuss Beauford's 1945 Portrait of James Baldwin (the speaker was not identified):
"Portrait of James Baldwin" by Beauford Delaney
Can Fire in the Park (1946)
(1946) Oil on canvas
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Stephanie Frey, docent at the Wichita Art Museum, provides commentary on this iconic painting:
Beauford Delaney, Can Fire in the Park, 1946
River Arts Inc. Gallery created a "Tidbits: Pocket-sized Art History" video about Beauford's life and work. In it, gallery manager Kristina Coopman describes Can Fire in the Park from 3:23 minutes to 4:30 minutes:
Tidbits Ep. 6: Beauford Delaney
Untitled (1959)
(1959) Oil on canvas
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Mint Museum Senior Curator of American Art, Jonathan Stuhlman, PhD, discusses this vibrant untitled painting:
“Untitled” by Beauford Delaney
Portrait of Marian Anderson (1965)
(1965) Oil on canvas
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Dr. Shawnya Harris, the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, and Dr. Steven Zucker, Founder and Executive Director of Smarthistory, talk about this painting:
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