Charles Henry Alston, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, was an American artist, muralist, and teacher. Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, then attended Columbia College and Teachers College at Columbia University in 1929 where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts in 1931. Alston began his art career while still a student, illustrating album covers for jazz musician Duke Ellington and book covers for poet Langston Hughes.
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- Charles Henry Alston, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, was an American artist, muralist, and teacher. Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, then attended Columbia College and Teachers College at Columbia University in 1929 where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts in 1931. Alston began his art career while still a student, illustrating album covers for jazz musician Duke Ellington and book covers for poet Langston Hughes. He was influenced by Mexican muralists, Diego Rivera, in particular, who tied their murals into early twentieth century social movements. Alston painted murals throughout Harlem, including depression-era murals as part of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. The best known of his mural works is one of a series of murals created by Alston and other Harlem artists for the Harlem Hospital Center. They can be viewed online at The sketches proposed for the murals raised the objections of two of the hospital's leaders, Lawrence T. Dermody and S. S. Goldwater, because of what they considered the excessive numbers of African Americans prominent in the murals. With financial assistance from Louis T. Wright, the first African American physician to serve on the hospital's staff, the matter received enough publicity and support for the murals to allow the artists to go forward with production. Master artists who worked on murals included Georgette Seabrooke, muralist Vertis Hayes, Sicilian-American fresco painter Alfred Crimi; assistants included modernist painter Beauford Delaney, and photographer Morgan Smith. Alston's artwork often incorporated features of African art. During the Great Depression, he and sculptor Henry Bannarn directed the Harlem Art Workshop where Alston and Bannarn were mentors to African American painter Jacob Lawrence, among others. Alston was the first African-American instructor at the Art Students League of New York (1950-1971) and the Museum of Modern Art (1956). He became a full professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) in 1973. In addition to the murals, some of his paintings, sculptures, and illustrations are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
- Charles Henry Alston fue un artista, muralista y maestro estadounidense. Inició su carrera artística mientras estudiaba en la Universidad de Columbia, donde obtuvo su título Master of Fine Arts (MFA). Ilustraba las portadas de álbumes para el músico de jazz Duke Ellington y portadas de libros para el poeta Langston Hughes. Tuvo la influencia de los muralistas mexicanos, en particular Diego Rivera. Alston pintó murales a través de Harlem, incluyendo murales relacionados con la Gran Depresión como parte del Proyecto de Arte Federal de la Works Progress Administration. De estas obras, la más conocida es una serie de murales creada por Alston y otros artistas de Harlem para el centro de salud Harlem Hospital Center. Los esbozos propuestos para los murales fueron objetados por dos de los directivos del hospital, porque consideraban que había un número excesivo de negros representados en los mismos. A pesar de esto, gracias a la ayuda financiera de Louis T. Wright, el primer afroamericano en formar parte del personal del Hospital, el asunto recibió suficiente publicidad y apoyo como para permitir que los murales se concluyeran. La obra de Alstons a menudo incorporaba rasgos del Arte africano. Durante la Gran Depresión, dirigió junto con el escultor Henry Bannarn el taller Harlem Art Workshop, donde educaron artistas tales como Jacob Lawrence. Alston fue el primer instructor afroamericano de la Art Students League of New York (1950-1971) y del Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York (1956). Se convirtió en profesor en la City University of New York en 1973. Aparte de sus murales, algunas de sus pinturas, esculturas e ilustraciones forman parte de colecciones permanentes en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte y el Whitney Museum of American Art.
- Charles Alston est un peintre afro-américain, l'un des premiers "hommes de couleur" reconnu comme artiste contemporain aux États-Unis dans les années 1950.
- Charles Henry Alston foi professor, pintor e escultor afro-americano, nascido em Charlotte, Carolina do Norte, Estados Unidos da América. Dirigiu o Harlem Art Workshop, em Nova York, durante a Grande Depressão, e foi mentor de Jacob Lawrence, dentre outros. Sua tela "Garota com Vestido Vermelho", de 1934, nos remete ao Fauvismo, tendência estética que busca explorar ao máximo a expressividade das cores na pintura. Título ainda não informado (favor adicionar) - Veja seu Quadro: Família n°1
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- Charles Henry Alston, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, was an American artist, muralist, and teacher. Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, then attended Columbia College and Teachers College at Columbia University in 1929 where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts in 1931. Alston began his art career while still a student, illustrating album covers for jazz musician Duke Ellington and book covers for poet Langston Hughes.
- Charles Henry Alston fue un artista, muralista y maestro estadounidense. Inició su carrera artística mientras estudiaba en la Universidad de Columbia, donde obtuvo su título Master of Fine Arts (MFA). Ilustraba las portadas de álbumes para el músico de jazz Duke Ellington y portadas de libros para el poeta Langston Hughes. Tuvo la influencia de los muralistas mexicanos, en particular Diego Rivera.
- Charles Alston est un peintre afro-américain, l'un des premiers "hommes de couleur" reconnu comme artiste contemporain aux États-Unis dans les années 1950.
- Charles Henry Alston foi professor, pintor e escultor afro-americano, nascido em Charlotte, Carolina do Norte, Estados Unidos da América. Dirigiu o Harlem Art Workshop, em Nova York, durante a Grande Depressão, e foi mentor de Jacob Lawrence, dentre outros. Sua tela "Garota com Vestido Vermelho", de 1934, nos remete ao Fauvismo, tendência estética que busca explorar ao máximo a expressividade das cores na pintura.
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