Funeral Procession
ArtistClementine Hunter
Yearca. 1950
MediumOil paint on board
LocationSavannah College of Art and Design, Savannah

Funeral Procession is a painting by Clementine Hunter. It is in the collection of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Funeral Procession is one of many in a series of funeral procession-themed paintings by Hunter.

Description

The painting depicts an African American funeral procession in Louisiana. Two men leave a church carrying a coffin decorated in flowers. A woman follows behind, holding flowers. The coffin is being carried to a freshly dug grave in the foreground, where two religious figures hold crosses over the grave. Four female figures with flowers and two male figures wait at the graveside.[1]

History

Funeral Procession was painted around 1950 by Hunter.[1] In 2013, the piece was included in the Savannah College of Art and Design's exhibit,“Rehearsals: The Practice and Influence of Sound and Movement," for the painting's connection to the African American tradition of musical celebrations for the dead.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Funeral Procession". Collections. Savannah College of Art and Design. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Hersh, Allison. "Art & Soul: The sound of music". Savannah Now. Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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