The California African American Museum (CAAM) is excited to present the a special gift of thirty-two works of art from collector, scholar, and advocate Gordon W. Bailey. Among the collection are significant works of paintings, sculpture, and mixed media works by African American artists.
The artists featured include work by the renowned, South Carolina artist, Sam Doyle (1906–1985), whose expressive paintings chronicle America’s unique Gullah culture. Other noted artists represented in the gift are Leroy Almon, Hawkins Bolden, Roy Ferdinand, Robert Howell, “Missionary” Mary Proctor, Herbert Singleton, Georgia Speller, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, and Purvis Young.
George O. Davis, Executive Director of CAAM, said, “CAAM is honored to acquire this important
collection of artworks, which furthers our mission of preserving and interpreting the art, history,
and culture of African Americans. Mr. Bailey is a staunch supporter of artists working outside themainstream and he has generously gifted artworks from his collection to a number of American
museums, including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It is a great compliment to be in the company of these
esteemed institutions whose commitment to diversity is laudable.”
This is one of many opportunities to view the exhibitions of great works at CAAM that houses a permanent collection of more than four thousand works of art, artifacts, and historical documents, plus, a publicly accessible research library containing more than twenty thousand volumes.
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