Artist: Aaron Douglas
Date: 1933
Size: 37 x 31 cm
Technique: Gouache
The Founding of Chicago articulates powerful ideas about the often uncelebrated role of African Americans in the building of American cities. Chicago is a particularly interesting example because it was founded by a fur trader from Haiti, Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable. He is portrayed here with a shovel and coonskin cap, emerging from a rural setting with an enchained mother and her baby. Architectural emblems rise in the distance symbolizing the promise and the future of urban life in the North.
Size of this image (MIME type: image/jpeg) 2441 x 2902 pixels. Other resolutions: 252 x 300 pixels
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