Artist

Richmond Barthé

born Bay St. Louis, MS 1901-died Pasadena, CA 1989
Media - J0120648_1b.jpg - 89842
Richmond Barthe, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0120648
Also known as
  • Richmond Barthe
Born
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States
Died
Pasadena, California, United States
Active in
  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Jamaica, West Indies
Biography

Sculptor and painter. Barthé's forte was realistic sculptures of religious subjects, figures in African-American history, and stage and dance celebrities.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Ce Roser, Point to Point, from the American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987, 1987, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of American Abstract Artists, 1987.52.36
Point to Point, from the American Abstract Artists 50th…
Artist
Date1987
lithograph on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2010.52 - SAAM-2010.52_1 - 74044
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
April 27, 2012–September 3, 2012
Smithsonian American Art Museum
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond presents a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists