Spirit of the 366th

Title: Spirit of the 366th
Date: 1943
Creator: Henry Wilmer Bannarn, 1910-1965 See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Mark Hewitt was an artist from Boston, MA. Spirit of 366th depicts a portrait of a young Black man from the 366th infantry in an Army uniform. The soldier looks into the distance of a shining light while dark-hued clouds of brown, black, and purple gather overhead.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Military See all items with this value; Race relations See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Military; Black Art; World War II, 1939-1945; Weapons; Black Art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Measurements: 23.625 x 18.625 in.
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1943.003
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.008
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 See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Art; HBCU Art: No Less Lovely Being Dark; Portraits and Busts in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections