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African-American sculptor (–)

James Richmond Barthé, also known as Richmond Barthé (January 28, – March 5, ) was an African-Americansculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

Barthé is best known for his portrayal of black subjects. The focus of his artistic work was portraying the diversity and spirituality of man.

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Barthé once said: "All my life I have been interested in trying to capture the spiritual quality I see and feel in people, and I feel that the human figure as God made it, is the best means of expressing this spirit in man."^[2]

Early life

James Richmond Barthé was born in Bay St.

Louis, Mississippi, to Richmond Barthé and Marie Clementine Robateau. Barthé's father died at the age of 22, when he was only a few months old, leaving his mother to raise him alone. She worked as a dressmaker and before Barthé began elementary school she remarried to William Franklin, with whom she eventually had five additional children.^[3]