メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「After graduating with a Master's in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. quickly established himself as an expert watercolorist. He was the first Black artist hired by the Public Works of Art Project—the first U.S. federal art program conceived as part of the New Deal to bring about economic relief during the Great Depression. Brown went on to work for the Works Progress Administration in Philadelphia as both a painter and printmaker and gained international prominence when his paintings appeared in the 1936 group show “New Horizons in American Art” at @museumofmodernart. In this self-portrait, we are greeted by a deceptively complex composition that improbably presents the artist from both profile and three-quarter views. While we look at him from these dual perspectives, the artist studies himself in the mirror, as his reflection, likewise, studies us. Learn more about Samuel Joseph Brown Jr. in the essay “The Mirror of History: Black Artists as Antiracist Activists” by The Met's Denise Murrell, associate curator for 19th and 20th-century art, in our bulletin “A Time of Crisis” at the link in bio. 🎨 Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. (American, 1907–1994). Self-Portrait, ca. 1941. Watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper. On view in Gallery 902. @metmodern #BlackHistoryMonth #MetPubs」2月9日 11時41分