Tag: Ella Fitzgerald

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 24: Beauford Delaney x Ella Fitzgerald

  This painting by Beauford Delaney out of all his portraits of fellow artists really stuck out to me, not just because it is a beautiful piece, but I wonder why he chose to obscure the Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald amongst this colorful palate of brushstrokes.  Delaney’s work transitioned from figurative to abstract upon his…

  cultureshockart

  March 1, 2015

  Art, black history, Contemporary Art, Modern Art

  Beauford Delaney, Ella Fitzgerald, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz, new york artists, Paris