Light of the World
Date1929
Artist
Frederick Cornelius Alston
(American artist, 1895–1987)
MediumGouache on board
Dimensions25 × 17 in. (63.5 × 43.2 cm)
support: 29 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (75.6 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 34 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (88.3 × 67.3 cm)
support: 29 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (75.6 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 34 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (88.3 × 67.3 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-34
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1929, the year this drawing was made, Alston's career was taking off. He exhibited drawings and paintings with religious titles, including Genesis, Exodus, and The Good Book Says, at the annual exhibition of the Harmon Foundation. The same year, he became the first art director and cartoonist for the African American newspaper, the St. Louis American.
