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Gregory D. Ridley, Jr. (Tennessee, 1925-2004) oil on canvasboard geometric abstraction painting, “AKA Splash.” Totemic forms rendered predominantly in green and pink fill the composition. Signed and dated, lower right. Titled and inscribed “’98 series of 50 paintings” along with crossed-out text to verso. Unframed. 16 in. H x 20 in. W. Unframed. 1998. Biographical Note: Greg Ridley was born in Smyrna, TN, and moved with his family to Nashville, TN in 1936. After his service in the US Navy during WWII, he earned a degree in art education from Tennessee State University and went on to become the first African American to receive a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Louisville. Ridley also attended Fisk University (where he later worked), where he studied under Aaron Douglas, the Harlem Renaissance painter and muralist, who remained a close friend and mentor until he died in 1979. Ridley taught at various Southern universities as well as the City University of New York. One of his last and best-known works was the creation of 80 copper panels for the Grand Reading Room of the Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.
PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville Collection
CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
