Wadsworth Jarrell

Painter, sculptor, and printmaker Wadsworth Jarrell was born in Albany, GA. He earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Howard University, Washington, DC.

Jarrell was active in Chicago's Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), which helped to launch the Black Arts Movement and created the Wall of Respect in Chicago, a mural that depicts Black heroes. Jarrell was a co-founder of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), an internationally acclaimed arts organization known for its explorations of identifying a common creed for Black aesthetics.

Jarrell's work can be found in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City; and University of Delaware, Newark. Jarrell’s work Revolutionary (1971) and several others were featured in the traveling group exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
 

Artist Info


Born

1929

Albany, GA

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Heritage

African American