The South Side Religious Tent, Open Air
- Date
- 1939
- Material
- Watercolor and gouache over graphite
- depicts
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- made in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 22 7/8 × 28 13/16 in. (58.1 × 73.2 cm)
framed: 33 1/4 × 39 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (84.5 × 100.3 × 3.2 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 359:1943
NOTES
Fred Hollingsworth presents a feast for the senses: a wall of brightly colored stained glass dazzles the eyes, barbeque smoke fills the air, and gospel music plays from a loudspeaker. The scene likely depicts the All Nations Pentecostal Church, located in Chicago’s South Side. Born in Louisiana, Hollingsworth was among the six million African Americans who joined the Great Migration from the rural South to the urban North. He moved to Chicago by 1930, where he worked primarily as a laborer. From 1938 to 1942, he was employed by the Federal Art Project’s Easel Division. A self-taught artist, he captured the energy and vitality of his religious community.
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