Old Woman Feeding the Birds

Original Title

Old Woman Feeding the Birds

Date

c. 1971

Creator

Rickey Donato See all items with this value

Description

Donato’s painting portrays an elderly woman feeding hungry birds. This particular geometric style of painting is characteristic of students of Dr. Biggers who attended Texas Southern in the mid-to-late 1970s. The mother-child relationship is a common motif in the artwork of TSU students, usually a human mother and child or an animal mother and child. This painting seems to be unique in its depiction of a cross-species maternal relationship.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Family See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Motherhood

Nature

Wildlife

Womanism

Type

Painting

Medium

oil and acrylic on masonite

Measurements

49 1/2 in x 33 3/8 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc240

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0148

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

Collection

Permanent Collection See all items with this value

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