Nina Mae -- African-American Actress Portrait
by Jayne Somogy
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12.000 x 16.000 x 0.100 inches
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Title
Nina Mae -- African-American Actress Portrait
Artist
Jayne Somogy
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil On 98-lb. Toned Paper
Description
This is a portrait of Nina Mae McKinney(1912-1967). I'll bet you've never heard of her; I hadn't until just recently, and that's too bad. She was one of the first African-American film stars, and obviously an extravagantly beautiful woman. Most of her success came in Europe because 1930's racist Hollywood was afraid to use her in glamorous starring roles. Did I exaggerate her eyes for this portrait? I did not! Even though I often do that, her eyes were naturally that large and gorgeous. She was known as "The Black Garbo."
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June 30th, 2016
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Comments (6)
Jayne Somogy
Thank you, Scott, for the feature in "FAA Portrait Gallery"--appreciate the support and promotion!
Michel Verhoef
A great discovery Jayne !! Beautiful eyes indeed....and done so well again...:-)
Jayne Somogy replied:
Thank you so much, Michel--she's actually even much prettier than I made her here! I may do another portrait of her eventually--such a great subject.
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