Artist

Richmond Barthé

born Bay St. Louis, MS 1901-died Pasadena, CA 1989
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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)

Tanya Aguiñiga, Metabolizing the Border, 2018-2020, Performance. Unique objects worn by artist/performer (glass, neoprene, rusted metal fragments of U.S./Mexico border fence, leather, cotton twine, flashlight) and photodocumentation of the performance (digital files), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase with the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, 2022.31.1.1-.10
Metabolizing the Border
Date2018-2020
Performance. Unique objects worn by artist/performer (glass, neoprene, rusted metal fragments of U.S./Mexico border fence, leather, cotton twine, flashlight) and photodocumentation of the performance (digital files)
Not on view

Exhibitions

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African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
April 27, 2012September 3, 2012
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond presents a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists