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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 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 at 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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