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Kathleen Blackshear

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WA-00051013

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WikidataQ21809610

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Death yearWikidata· 92%
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Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/50120
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Kathleen Blackshear (1897–1988) was an American Modernist artist known for her sensitive depictions of African-American subjects.

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

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Artworks (5)

Ruby Lee - print #8 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists

1936 · Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper

Image/block: 17.8 × 12.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 19.6 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Baptism - print #6 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists

1936 · Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper

Image/block: 15.1 × 14 cm (6 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 19.6 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Boy Named Alligator

1930 · Oil on canvas

56.2 × 46 cm (22 1/8 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crabs, Etc.

1917 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 12.8 × 17.6 cm (5 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 22.6 × 17.1 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Richard

1917 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 29.7 × 18.4 cm (11 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 31.6 cm (19 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Baylor University

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