# Gus Nall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gus_Nall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gus_Nall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Nall > Source revision: 1311727767 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American painter}} {{Infobox person | name = Gus Nall | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1919 | birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), [United States](/source/United_States) | death_date = {{Death year and age|1995|1919}} | death_place = | occupation = Artist and Painter | spouse = Thelma Nall | parents = | children = }} '''Gus Nall''' (1919–1995) was an American painter during the mid-20th century in Chicago, [Indiana](/source/Indiana), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), and [Michigan](/source/Michigan). Born in [Illinois](/source/Illinois), Nall’s most known work is his painting "Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond" (1963),{{Cite web |title=Gus Nall - Biography |url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Gus_Nall/11057060/Gus_Nall.aspx# |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.askart.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Illinois/Gus-Nall_50p4yy|title=Gus Nall in the 1940 Census|website=[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) }}{{cite web|url=http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/gus-nall,-african-american-20th-c.-,-offering-f-170-c-151b36df0e|title=Gus Nall, (African-American; 20th C.), Offering Fruit, Oil o|work=Invaluable.com|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-date=2018-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092023/https://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/gus-nall,-african-american-20th-c.-,-offering-f-170-c-151b36df0e|url-status=dead}} which was commissioned by the state of Illinois in honor of the 100th anniversary of the [Emancipation Proclamation](/source/Emancipation_Proclamation).{{cite web |title=The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections - ''Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond'' |url=http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/142 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324063236/http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/142 |archive-date=2016-03-24 |website=civilwarinart.org}}{{cite web |title=The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections - Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom : Art and African American History |url=http://www.civilwarinart.org/exhibits/show/emansmeanfreedom/introduction/art-and-african-american-histo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701171201/http://www.civilwarinart.org/exhibits/show/emansmeanfreedom/introduction/art-and-african-american-histo |archive-date=2016-07-01 |website=civilwarinart.org}} ==Life== Gus Nall was an African-American painter born in Chicago, Illinois in 1919. He was married to Thelma Nall at the age of twenty-one. Nall was a notable artist during the 1950s and 60s, known for his modernist representation of African Americans. He studied at the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago) and as well as in [Paris](/source/Paris). During his life, he was featured in ''[Art Gallery Magazine](/source/Art_Gallery_Magazine)'' (1968, "The Afro-American Issue"){{Cite web|url=http://aavad.com/artistlist.cfm?letter=n|title = Webshop, Webhosting, Domæner og E-handel - Dandomain A/S}} as well as [Carol Myers](/source/Carol_Myers)' Black Power in the Arts. ==Work== Nall’s work consisted of elongated human figures influenced by [Cubist](/source/Cubism) and [Expressionist](/source/Expressionism) styles of painting, and African art.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDV5Phz_vQoC&q=gus+nall+life&pg=PA17|title=The Art and Life of Clarence Major|isbn=9780820343662|last1=Byerman|first1=Keith E.|date=June 2012}} His art most often portrays representations of African Americans. He was influenced by [Archibald Motley](/source/Archibald_Motley) and [Eldzier Cortor](/source/Eldzier_Cortor), who were fellow artists from Chicago. Nall’s work allowed him to become a role model to fellow painters as well as those interested in his life as an artist. Nall had an inspiring effect on the life of fellow artist and writer [Clarence Major](/source/Clarence_Major) who looked up to him. His painting "Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond" (1963) is on permanent exhibit in the [DuSable Museum of African American History](/source/DuSable_Museum_of_African_American_History). == Gallery == {{Gallery |title=Gus Nall’s Paintings |width=160 | height=170 |align=center |footer= | |alt1= Gus Nall Painting |"Untitled" (1950) by Gus Nall | |alt2= Gus Nall Painting |"Offering Fruit" by Gus Nall |File: Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond.jpg |alt3=Gus Nall painting |"Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond" by Gus Nall }} == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nall, Gus}} Category:1919 births Category:1995 deaths Category:20th-century American painters Category:20th-century African-American painters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gus Nall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Nall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Nall?action=history)). 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