The Kitemakers

Title: The Kitemakers
Date: 1949
Creator: Cecil D. Nelson Jr., 1920-
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Cecil D Nelson Jr., was a 20th century painter born in Champaign, IL. The Kitemakers shows two children sitting in a field in front of a log. A white boy on the left wearing a red shirt holds the kite while looking at a young Black boy on the right wearing a blue shirt. An orange kite flies in the background near two gas tanks and a grain bin.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Recreation See all items with this value; Race relations See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Racial uplift; Nature
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 35.375 in. x 47.375 in.
Format: JPG
HBCU Identifier: 1949.004
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.068
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals
Language: English