Walter W. Ellison
American, 1899-1977
The Sunny South
INV-7635
Walter W. Ellison
American, 1899-19771939
The Sunny South
Walter W. Ellison American, 1899-1977 →monotypeprint
Date
1939
Medium
Monotype on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 53.5 × 40.6 cm (21 1/8 × 16 in.); Sheet: 56.6 × 40.6 cm (22 5/16 × 16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
H. Karl and Nancy von Maltitz Endowment
Like many African American artists, Georgia-born Walter Ellison migrated from the rural South to the urban, industrial North after World War I. In the 1930s, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and became involved with the South Side Community Arts Center. This lively monotype shows the artist’s playfulness with his materials, but it also suggests the feelings of nostalgia and loss experienced by the displaced participants of the Great Migration.
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