Lucy M. Stanton audiovisual materials


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Scope and Content Note: Spirituals sung by Frances [Isum?] in the Samoan Islands including shout songs Where is Adam, John Wrote a Letter, Kneebone Bend, O Death, When I'm Gone, Old Field, O When, Sign of Judgement, Sabbath Hath No End, Jesus is my only Friend, Tombstone, Come Out Of The Wilderness, Convict song, potato digging song, People Keep a Coming, Jacob's Ladder, and Don't want to stumble and don't want to fall.
Biographical Note: Lucy May Stanton (1875-1931) is best known as a painter of portrait miniatures in watercolor on ivory, during a revival of that art form, which took place during the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States after 1890. Her mature style in miniature painting is distinguished by her innovative use of broad washes, and her portraits, both miniature and full-scale, and particularly those depicting African Americans, are powerful evocations of character, expression, and mood. Working in the Deep South in the early twentieth century, Stanton was among the first artists to represent black subjects without sentimentality or prejudice. Lucy was born in Atlanta and educated and the Southern Female College, and taught classes both there and other schools once she graduated. Her professional artist career began in 1894. She studied abroad in Paris twice (1896-1898 and 1905-1906) where she received most of her formal instruction in art. She died in 1931 from a sudden illness.
Extent: 1 audiocassette
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Related materials in other repositories: Lucy M. Stanton Papers, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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