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DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases many portraits drawn and painted by J
 oseph Delaney that are held in the Ewing Gallery's permanent collection. \n
 \nThe younger brother of Beauford\, Joseph Delaney was born in Knoxville\, 
 Tennessee and was raised in a household governed by his father\, a Methodis
 t minister. After high school\, Delaney lived the life of a homeless travel
 er in his late teens and twenties before serving three years in the Eighth 
 Illinois National Guard. In 1930\, he decided to become a professional arti
 st like his older brother and moved to New York City\, where he studied at 
 the Art Students League with Thomas Hart Benton and anatomist George Bridge
 man. Joseph Delaney’s time at the Art Students League had a profound effect
  on his artistic development\, and he resolved to commit himself to a more 
 populist art\, depicting the vibrancy of American life. During the Great De
 pression\, he painted numerous portraits on commission\, was employed by th
 e WPA (1936-1939)\, and exhibited yearly in the Washington Square Park Outd
 oor Art Show. Known for densely narrative paintings focusing on New York Ci
 ty’s people and places\, Delaney was drawn to the human figure and the even
 ts\, struggles\, and triumphs of ordinary existence.
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LOCATION:Downtown Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Portraits by Joseph Delaney
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 laney
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