Billie Eleanora Fagan Holiday Drawing By Jacques Pinard

Year:

Medium:

Graphite Drawing

Size - (USA):

18 W x 24 H x 0 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

45.7 W x 61.0 H x 0.0 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Famous People

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

646127

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

This began as a portrait of the incredibly gifted Jazz singer Billie Holiday, born and baptized with the name Eleanora Fagan. This piece became a larger installation piece, surrounded by quotes from the musician s autobiography detailing various instances where she faced prejudice throughout her life for being black, being poor, being a woman, or for having a lighter skin tone. Her experiences spoke to me because I began to realize that I was never taught what it actually looked like during the peak of segregation in America, and I noticed that many of Billie s lived experiences were remarkably similar to my own as a member of the queer community, even though 5 decades separate us.

Artwork Keywords:   Billie Holiday, Jazz, Black Musicians, Music History, Black History, American History, 1940, 1950, Figurative, Portrait, Original Drawing

Materials:   Graphite Drawings