| A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. He earned his reputation through genre painting and was one of a group of artists who regularly depicted African-American figures in his genre pieces. In his treatment of them, he struck a middle ground between stirring pity for their plight and treating them heroically. He neithe (showing 500 of 1881 characters). |
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