1893 - 1965

基本情報

  • Top-ranked work: For She Knows Not Sorrow
  • Nationality: United States
  • Born: 1893, Griffin, United States
  • Also known as: Dox
  • Died: 1965
  • Works on this site: 2

The Life and Art of Dox Thrash

Dox Thrash was an African-American artist, skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter. Born in Griffin, Georgia, he moved north during the Great Migration, eventually working as an elevator operator in Chicago to fund his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After serving in the 365th Infantry Regiment of the Buffalo Soldiers during World War I, where he experienced shell shock and a gas attack, he continued his education with federal support.

Thrash settled in Philadelphia by 1925. In 1937, he joined the W.P.A.'s Federal Art Project at the Fine Print Workshop of Philadelphia. There, alongside Michael J. Gallagher and Hugh Mesibov, he co-invented the carborundum printmaking process, a technique using a carbon-based abrasive on copper plates to create tones from pale gray to deep black. His work often focused on African American life, including pieces such as:

  • Mr. X (an anonymous self-portrait)
  • Cabin Days
  • A New Day
  • Life
  • Saturday Night
  • Marylou

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設問 1:
What printmaking process did Dox Thrash help co-invent?
設問 2:
In which city did Dox Thrash spend much of his career living and working?
設問 3:
Which military unit did Dox Thrash serve in during World War I?
設問 4:
At which institution did Thrash attend school after moving to Chicago in 1911?
設問 5:
Which government-sponsored program did Thrash join in 1937?