Oil on canvas painting with portrait and montage of images related to Madam C.J. Walker by Charles Lilly (American; born 1949). Signed upper left. This painting was the design for a poster series produced in 1985 by Pepsi titled The Black Presence  celebrating Black historical figures.

Measurements: 18.25" W x 24.5" H x 1.5" D (frame); 

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From AskArt:

Charles Lilly, born December 21, 1949 has been a husband, a father, an art student, an art teacher/instructor, a photo student, a photographer's assistant, a mentor, a summer NYC Park Department employee, a Holiday Postal Worker, a jazz enthusiast, a weekend soldier, a commercial artist, an exhibit coordinator, an award winner, an event organizer, a guest lecturer, an organization founder, an activist, an entrepreneur, a friend and companion, a lover, and a believer in God.  He's always been a loving son to his parents (deceased) and that love passed onto his son Eliott... his most impressive and in his words "my greatest work of art".  From his earliest surviving drawing at age 6 till his latest present day work, one thing is clear... he's always been an artist. 

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts (SVA- where his son Eliott, attended on full scholarship from undergraduate thru his 'Masters' completed in 2006) in 1970, Lilly became an 'Illustrator' which has spanned over 38 years.  Recently he's turned his focus to fine art and plans to create new works for his life's pursuit, a series he calls 'Black Life in America', which will chronicle the ordinary every day existence of an extraordinary people, from coast to coast and from north to south.  Lilly says "It is my intention that when future African American children (or any children) and adults alike visit various museums, they will see realistic oil painted documents of us (themselves) doing what we do in our everyday lives as a part of this society, long under recorded.

Brown discoloration/stain center right. Some discolored scuffs to the white lower portion. Not examined out of frame.

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