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# Beauford Delaney

(1901–1979)   Painter

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Beauford Delaney was a painter.

## Quick Facts About Beauford Delaney

Born December 30, 1901

Died March 26, 1979

Profession Painter

## About Beauford Delaney

African American artist (1901-1979)... \| Beauford Delaney was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in the 1950s. Beauford's younger brother, Joseph, was also a noted painter.

##  Quotes by Beauford Delaney

> [The abstraction, ostensibly, is simply for me the penetration of something that is more profound in many ways than rigidity of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beauford-delaney/the-abstraction-ostensibly-is-simply-for-me-the-penetration-of/)

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