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{{Infobox artist
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|name = Paul Farwell Keene Jr.
|name = Paul Farwell Keene Jr.
| image = Photo of Paul F. Keene Jr.jpg
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| caption = photo of Keene at the Tyler School of Art in the 1940s. Photo by [[John W. Mosley]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|24}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|24}}
|birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|death_date = {{Death date|2009|11|26}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|11|26|1920|8|24|mf=y}}
|death_place = Warrington, Pennsylvania
|death_place = Warrington, Pennsylvania
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|education = Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Académie Julian
|education = Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Académie Julian
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==Biography==
==Biography==


Keene was born on August 24, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref name="PMA LibGuides">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Synatra |title=Paul F. Keene Jr. |url=https://philamuseum.libguides.com/blog/Paul-F-Keene-Jr |website=PMA LibGuides at Philadelphia Museum of Art |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> He attended the the [[Philadelphia Museum School of Art]], the [[Tyler School of Art and Architecture]], and the [[Académie Julian]].<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1">{{cite web |title=Keene Jr., Paul F. |url=https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/paul-f-keene-jr |website=Woodmere Art Museum |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref> In 1944 Keene married Laura Mitchell.<ref name="Philadelphia Inquirer">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Bonnie L. |title=Acclaimed artist's works raised racial awareness |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20091213_Acclaimed_artist_s_works_raised_racial_awareness.html |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He served with the [[Tuskegee Airman]] during [[World War II]]. Keene was able to study at the Academie Julian in Paris under the [[G.I. Bill]]. While in Paris Keene was a founding member of was a founding member of [[Galerie Huit]].<ref name="Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution">{{cite web |title=Paul F. Keene papers, circa 1940-1987 |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/paul-f-keene-papers-10164 |website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Keene was born on August 24, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref name="PMA LibGuides">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Synatra |title=Paul F. Keene Jr. |url=https://philamuseum.libguides.com/blog/Paul-F-Keene-Jr |website=PMA LibGuides at Philadelphia Museum of Art |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> He attended the the [[Philadelphia Museum School of Art]], the [[Tyler School of Art and Architecture]], and the [[Académie Julian]].<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1">{{cite web |title=Keene Jr., Paul F. |url=https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/paul-f-keene-jr |website=Woodmere Art Museum |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref> In 1944 Keene married Laura Mitchell.<ref name="Philadelphia Inquirer">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Bonnie L. |title=Acclaimed artist's works raised racial awareness |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20091213_Acclaimed_artist_s_works_raised_racial_awareness.html |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He served with the [[Tuskegee Airman]] during [[World War II]]. Keene was able to study at the Academie Julian in Paris under the [[G.I. Bill]]. While in Paris, Keene was a founding member of was a founding member of [[Galerie Huit]].<ref name="Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution">{{cite web |title=Paul F. Keene papers, circa 1940-1987 |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/paul-f-keene-papers-10164 |website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


In 1952 Keene located to Haiti<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1"/> where he studied and taught under a [[John Hay Whitney]] fellowship.<ref name="Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution"/> In 1954 he returned to the United States and began teaching at the [[Philadelphia College of Art]], where he taught until 1968.<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1"/> From 1968 through 1985 Keene taught a the [[Bucks County Community College]].<ref name="Bucks County Artists Database">{{cite web |title=Paul F. Keene |url=https://bucksco.michenerartmuseum.org/artists/paul-f-keene |website=Bucks County Artists Database |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=EN}}</ref>
In 1952 Keene located to Haiti<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1"/> where he studied and taught under a [[John Hay Whitney]] fellowship.<ref name="Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution"/> In 1954 he returned to the United States and began teaching at the [[Philadelphia College of Art]], where he taught until 1968.<ref name="Woodmere Art Museum1"/> From 1968 through 1985 Keene taught a the [[Bucks County Community College]].<ref name="Bucks County Artists Database">{{cite web |title=Paul F. Keene |url=https://bucksco.michenerartmuseum.org/artists/paul-f-keene |website=Bucks County Artists Database |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=EN}}</ref>

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Paul Farwell Keene Jr.
photo of Keene at the Tyler School of Art in the 1940s. Photo by John W. Mosley
Born(1920-08-24)August 24, 1920
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 26, 2009(2009-11-26) (aged 89)
Warrington, Pennsylvania
EducationPhiladelphia Museum School of Art, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Académie Julian
Known forpainter, printmaker, educator
SpouseLaura Mitchell

Paul Farwell Keene Jr. (24 August 1920 – 26 November 2009) was a Philadelphia-area artist and teacher whose work helped raise the visibility of Black American artists.[1]

Biography

Keene was born on August 24, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] He attended the the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and the Académie Julian.[3] In 1944 Keene married Laura Mitchell.[4] He served with the Tuskegee Airman during World War II. Keene was able to study at the Academie Julian in Paris under the G.I. Bill. While in Paris, Keene was a founding member of was a founding member of Galerie Huit.[5]

In 1952 Keene located to Haiti[3] where he studied and taught under a John Hay Whitney fellowship.[5] In 1954 he returned to the United States and began teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art, where he taught until 1968.[3] From 1968 through 1985 Keene taught a the Bucks County Community College.[6]

In 1966 Keene painted a mural at the HBCU Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1971 Keene created a relief installation for the Fifty Ninth Street Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He had a two-decades long association with the Brandywine Workshop and was the recipient of their Van Der Zee Award in 1990.[4]

Keene died on November 26, 2009, in Warrington, Pennsylvania.[2]

Keene's work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[7] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[8] and the James A. Michener Art Museum.[6]

Keene's work was included in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Keene Jr". AskArt. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Synatra. "Paul F. Keene Jr". PMA LibGuides at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Keene Jr., Paul F." Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Bonnie L. "Acclaimed artist's works raised racial awareness". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Paul F. Keene papers, circa 1940-1987". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Paul F. Keene". Bucks County Artists Database. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Untitled". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Paul Farwell Keene Jr". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ "We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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