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RUCHMOND BARTHE
RICHMOND BARTH E,	AM	INTERNA Tl ONALLY	KNOWN	NEGRO	SCULPTOR,
WAS BORN	l>N	BAY ST. LOUIS	IN	T90T.
HE	WAS TAKEN OUT	OF	SCHOOL IN	THE	SEVENTH	GRADE	TO	HELP
SUPPORT	HIS	wrDDWED MOTHER’S	FAMILY »
A RESIDENT OF NEW ORLEANS WHO SUMMER ED IN BAY ST. LOUIS BMPLOYED KIM AND WHEN THE SUMMER WAS OVER TOOK Hltf WITH THEM TO NEW ORLEANS.
FROM EARLIEST CHILDHOOD, WITHOUT INSTRUCTION, HE SPENT EVERY SPARE MOMENT DRAWING. HI'S WORK WAS FIRST NOTICED AS OUTSTANDING BY A TRADESMAN I N NEW ORLEANS WHO DU SPLAYED IT IN HIS SHOP WINDOW AND THUS IT WAS BROUGHT TO PUBLIC NOTICE, W\W RESULTED liN A DONATION FOR HIM TO STUDY IN CHICAGO.
TPPERE HE TWICE WON THE ROSENWALD FELLOWSHIP WHICH TOOK HIM TO NEW YO'RK WH ERE HIS TALENT WON FOR HIM THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP FIRST TO STUDY IN PARIS AND FOLLOWING THAT TO WORK WITHOUT INSTRUCTION.
HE HAS EXHIBITED IN EIGHTEEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, HAS HAD TWO HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED UPON HfM, HAS WON THE • AUDUBON ARTIST'S" GOLD MEDAL, IS THE ONLY NEGRO WHOSE WORK IfS IN THE NATIONAL HALL OF FAME, AND HAS HAD COMMISSIONS I'N HAITI, INDIA, AND FRANCE.
AMONG HIS SUBJECTS ARE KATHERINE CORNELL, SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER, JOHN GIELGUT AND JUDITH ANDERSON, AND HIS PROFOUND RELIGION HAS LED HIM TO MODEL MANY BIBLICAL SUBJECTS AMONG THEM A NOTED FIGURE OF CHR If ST WHICH IS IN A CATHEDRAL IN MONTGOMERY.
HE NOW DIVIDES HI'S TIWE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND HIS HOME IN JAMAICA
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