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Music as Muse
In Greek mythology, the nine muses were goddesses who were sources of inspiration for art and other intellectual disciplines.
To describe music as a source of inspiration for painting and sculpture is to acknowledge the importance of African American music. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, “Smokey” Robinson, and Robert Johnson only scratch the surface of the genius that African Americans have provided to world culture. This work is only one example of artwork collected by Walter O. Evans that celebrate African American music.
Image Caption: Edwin Harleston, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1920, oil on canvas. Walter O. Evans Collections. (left)