The Janitor Who Paints

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The Janitor Who Paints

painting by Hayden

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Palmer Hayden
His best-known work, The Janitor Who Paints (c. 1937), shows an African American artist painting a mother and child in a cramped apartment that contains the tools necessary for both the artist’s work and that of the janitor. The original version of the painting, now painted over, included…
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His best-known work, The Janitor Who Paints (c. 1937), shows an African American artist painting a mother and child in a cramped apartment that contains the tools necessary for both the artist’s work and that of the janitor. The original version of the painting, now painted over, included…
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