Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection June 11, 2022 – July 3, 2023
In 2012, Larry and Brenda Thompson gave 100 works of art by African American artists to the Georgia Museum of Art, mirroring the original donation of 100 American paintings by museum founder Alfred Heber Holbrook.
In addition, they endowed a curatorial position to steward this collection to help fulfill the museum’s vision of an inclusive canon of American art. This exhibition is part of a permanent installation of work donated by the Thompsons. It includes works from the 2011 traveling exhibition “Tradition Redefined,” which preceded the gift, as well as subsequent works added in recent years that have not been on view in other galleries. These works celebrate the expansion of the museum’s permanent collection through this trans- formative gift of works by African American artists.
Curator: Shawnya L. Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art
Vertis Hayes (American, 1911 – 2000), “Juke Joint,” 1946. Oil on canvas, 28 × 36 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art. GMOA 2012.126. Joseph Delaney (American, 1904 – 1991),“Woman in Striped Dress,” 1964. Oil on board, 36 × 27 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art. GMOA 2011.585.
David Clyde Driskell (American, 1931 – 2020), “Masks,” 1988. Tempera and encaustic on paper, 19 × 25 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art. GMOA 2012.121.
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