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Beauford Delaney
American painter (1901–1979)
Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernistpainter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in the 1950s.
Beauford's younger brother, Joseph, was also a noted painter.[1]
Biography
Early life
Beauford Delaney was born December 30, 1901, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Delaney's parents were prominent and respected members of Knoxville's black community.
His father Samuel was both a barber and a Methodist minister.
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His mother Delia was also prominent in the church, and earned a living taking in laundry and cleaning the houses of prosperous white families. Delia, born into slavery and never able to read and write herself, transferred a sense of dignity and self-esteem to her children, and preached to them about the injustices of racism and the value of education.
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