Richmond Barthé
James Richmond Barthé (January 28th 1901 - March 5th 1989) was a sculptuer Afro-American. Its most known works are a statue of All Saints' day Louverture with Port-au-Prince and a sculpture of Pink McClendon. It was born with Bay St Louis (the Mississippi) and lost his father whereas it had only one month. It passed then its childhood with his mother with New-Orleans. It was allowed in 1924 with the Art Institute off Chicago. Its works drew the attention of Charles Maceo Thompson, a patron for the young artists Afro-Americans. He exposed two busts to the annual exposure of Chicago Art League in 1928. The following year, it settled with New York and opened its first workshop in the district of Harlem and gained a certain notority gradually. In 1946, Barthé became member of the National Sculpture Society . With the social crisis which settled in Harlem after the Second world war, it decided to go to Jamaica, then to Europe and finally to California.
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