[ART]. MacLeish, Norman. Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago. Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941.

4pp., 8 x 11 in. (dampstaining, soiling, creasing, 1 1/4 in. separation to bottom of fold edge). Exhibition brochure lists artists on front page, from Henry Carter to Charles White. The second page features an introduction by Norman MacLeish titled "Negro Art in Chicago," in which he pays tribute to the recently deceased Black artist, George Neal. In part: "George Neal, a painter of marked ability and purpose, lived in the district and saw about him latent creative talent expressing itself in many whimsical ways. Possessed of enthusiasm and am ambition to give direction to this talent, he gathered about him a group of promising young painters who became his pupils...No one could afford to pay him for instruction and the few sales which he made of his paintings were for pitifully small sums. More important to him than money or humiliation was his desire to impart what he knew about painting to his people...George Neal is still alive among his followers who are transmitting it to those who follow them." A full catalogue of the artworks in the exhibition (in varying media) extends over the final two pages.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

[ART]. MacLeish, Norman. Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago. Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

[ART]. MacLeish, Norman. Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago. Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941.

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