- Artist/Maker:
- Philip Evergood
- Bio:
- American, 1901-1973
- Title:
- The Hundredth Psalm
- Date:
- c. 1938–39
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 20 × 16 1/8 in. (50.8 × 41 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Miriam and Milton Handler and Kristie A. Jayne Funds
- Accession Number:
- 2000-16
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Born Philip Blashki in New York, Philip Evergood studied art in England and France before returning to New York, where he worked briefly under the Ashcan School artist George Luks. In the 1930's, his work became strongly influenced by social themes, such as political oppression and racism. In The Hundredth Psalm, Evergood ironically contrasts the psalm's plea for mercy and justice with the inhumanity of a Ku Klux Klan gathering at a lynching.
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