Birthday Party
<p>In 1922, Margaret Burroughs moved with her family from Louisiana to Chicago’s South Side. She was instrumental in establishing the South Side Community Art Center, and in 1948 she completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute. Soon after, she traveled to Mexico to study printmaking; there she was particularly influenced by the powerful graphic style of Leopoldo Méndez.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1955
- Dimensions
- Image: 40.5 × 48 cm (16 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 57.5 cm (17 15/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Margaret Burroughs
Artist
Margaret Burroughs was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work centered on African American history, dignity, and cultural identity. Working primarily in oil, bronze, and lithography from the 1940s onward, she created figurative compositions and public monuments that asserted Black presence in postwar American visual culture. Burroughs was also a teacher and cultural organizer who founded the Ebony Museum of the South Side in Chicago, embedding her artistic practice within community institution-building.
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- Margaret Burroughs
- Year
- 1955
- Dimensions
- Image: 40.5 × 48 cm (16 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 57.5 cm (17 15/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1955-016400
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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