{"product_id":"jarrell-wadsworth-untitled","title":"Jarrell, Wadsworth, (Untitled)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Untitled' by \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eadsworth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 8x10 inches, \u003cspan\u003e painting on canvas --framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0261\/3941\/files\/wadsworth_jarrell_compact.jpg?3249\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px 8px 2px 5px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWadsworth Jarrell\u003c\/strong\u003e b. 1929 in Albany, Georgia was born the youngest of six children and credits his father, a furniture maker, and the rest of his family for supporting his childhood interest in art. After high school, Jarrell enlisted in the army, served in Korea and moved to Chicago. In 1954, Jarrell enrolled in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Graduating in 1958, Jarrell spent several years working as a commercial artist. By the early 1960s, Jarrell was exhibiting his work widely throughout the Midwest. Jarrell joined the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), a group that created Chicago's Wall of Respect mural, a seminal piece in the 1960s urban mural movement. It was there that he met his future wife, Elaine Annette Johnson, a clothing designer. With the eventual breakup of the Artists' Workshop of OBAC, Jarrell and fellow artists Jeff Donaldson and Barbara Jones-Hogu formed a collective called COBRA-Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists, which later became AFRI-COBRA, the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists. AFRI-COBRA took as its central tenets black pride, social responsibility and the development of a new diasporic African identity. In 1971, Jarrell was recruited by Donaldson to teach at Howard University, where he pursued his MFA and continues there until 1977, when he took a position at the University of Georgia as assistant professor. He retired in 1988. Jarrell's work has been exhibited widely including: the Smithsonian International Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and at festivals and exhibitions in Nigeria, Germany, Sweden, France, Haiti and Martinique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWadsworth\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e co-founded the AfriCOBRA movement in the 1960s: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/africobra.com\/Introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttp:\/\/africobra.com\/\u003cwbr\u003eIntroduction.html\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEarly Trane is similar in style to some of the paintings featured here: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.inter-visions.com\/WJarrell.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.inter-\u003cwbr\u003evisions.com\/WJarrell.asp\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAs well as in the Georgia Museum of Art: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.accessatlanta.com\/news\/entertainment\/calendar\/georgia-museum-receives-major-collection\/nQzB9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.accessatlanta.\u003cwbr\u003ecom\/news\/entertainment\/\u003cwbr\u003ecalendar\/georgia-museum-\u003cwbr\u003ereceives-major-collection\/\u003cwbr\u003enQzB9\/\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe title Early Trane is a reference to Jazz musician John Coltrane.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA biography of \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWadsworth\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e was written called \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Wadsworth_Jarrell.html?id=0nvqAAAAMAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWadsworth\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e: The Artist as Revolutionary\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA documentary about \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e and his colleagues' work was produced in 2010, called \u003cb\u003eAfriCOBRA: Art for the People\u003c\/b\u003e - 2010: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.trustcollective.com\/portfolio\/content\/nola_africobra11.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.\u003cwbr\u003etrustcollective.com\/portfolio\/\u003cwbr\u003econtent\/nola_africobra11.php\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMore info on Wikipedia: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wadsworth_Jarrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttp:\/\/en.\u003cwbr\u003ewikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wadsworth_\u003cwbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJarrell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BAIA Holding","offers":[{"title":"Untitled by Wadsworth Jarrell","offer_id":46518902031,"sku":"mikeharris_wadsworth","price":16500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0261\/3941\/products\/wadsworth_2_crop_720885d7-bce2-40af-8c72-feac7952c984.jpg?v=1571439160","url":"https:\/\/www.blackartinamerica.com\/products\/jarrell-wadsworth-untitled","provider":"Black Art In America™ Gallery \u0026 Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}