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feature a rare sculpture by famed Bay artist Richmond Barthe'.
"He donated the sculpted head of the daughter of a longtime Bay St.
an and admirer of Barthe', has put together a series of articles about the artist to go along with the bronze clay head's display during
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Richmond Barthe, A Famous Native Son
His works are exhibited worldwide in museums
A charcoal of Barthe by local artist.
By F. Bryant Bettis______________________
Perhaps it's fitting Richmond Barthe is the featured artist during a Bay St. Louis gallery's tribute to black history and art this month.
For starters, his is the giant eagle, wings spread wide, adorning the entrance to the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C.
Barthes sculpture in bronze clay, the
medium in which he is best known, includes masterpieces like "Birth of Spirituals," "The Negro Looks Ahead" and "St. Bernadette."
He was born in Bay St. Louis on Jan. 28, 1901. According to a biography prepared for a memorial mass after his death entitled "The Life and Work of Dr. Richmond Barthe," his father died when he was a child.
His mother supported the family as a local seamstress. While growing up, his mother would provide him pen-ciles and paper to pass his time at her side while she was busy sewing. He began to draw.
Barthe left school to go to work and help support his family.
He received a set of oil paints when he was 16 years old. They were a gift from a New Orleans family who employed Barthe as a butler.
Shortly afterward, his painting of the head of Christ was included in an exhibit at a church festival. The painting drew the attention of a prominent Catholic priest who saw the extraordinary raw talent of the teenager.
Father Harry Cane then helped Barthe enter the Chicago Art Institute
Sculpture donated to library in 1964.
where he studied for four years.
During the 1930s he was ". . . considered one of the most promising young black artists of his day."
Barthe lived up to the billing.
He moved to New York. Soon, Barthe exhibits were unveiled at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum.
He designed government coinage,
See Barthe, page 24
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