Rising Up Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College

Name: Rising Up Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College
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ISBN: 9781932543469

ISBN-10: 1932543465

ISBN-13: 9781932543469

Edition: 2012

Authors: Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Renee Ater, David C. Driskell, Larry Shutts, Juliette S. Smith

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In 1938 Hale Woodruff (1900-1980) accepted a commission to paint a series of murals for Talladega College, one of the nation's first colleges established for blacks after the Civil War. Installed in the institution's newly constructed library, the six murals portray noteworthy events in the rise of blacks in America from slavery to freedom. Today they stand out as provocative and relevant symbols of the centuries-long struggle for civil and human rights.Essays consider the development of the murals, their presence and significance at Talladega College, and Woodruff's impact on American mural painting in the years surrounding the Talladega project. An illustrated essay details all phases of…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: High Museum of Art
Publication date: 6/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 156
Size: 12.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English

BARBARA J. MACADAM is the Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. STEPHANIE MAYER HEYDT is the Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. SUSAN G. LARKIN is an independent art historian.