TitleSoft Crabbing
Artist
Robert Gwathmey
(1903 - 1988)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 × 15 in.
Framed: 25 1/8 × 20 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.
SignedSigned lower left: "Gwathmey"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, March 1, 1976
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1793-P
Label TextA Southerner by birth and a steadfast champion of the disenfranchised he saw there, Robert Gwathmey depicted scenes of African-American Southern life with great sensitivity. He was an outspoken critic of social injustice and incorporated a brightly colored geometric style as a way of elevating his subjects, which ranged from share croppers and migrant workers to fishermen.
