Serenity: The Fiddler cigar bar with a caption of his

with a caption of his quote about the ultimate measure of a man

when I was suffering from

(1891-1981) was a pioneering African American artist who dedicated his career to depicting Black urban life with dignity

Whether displayed in a Western-themed space

Serenity: The Fiddler cigar bar with a caption of hisThere is a boy in this painting, lost in his music. His hat is tilted just so, his eyes are cast downward in concentration, and the fiddle rests against his chin as naturally as breathing. Artist Andrew Nichols titled this piece Serenity, and the title earns every note. The fiddle carried enormous weight in African American history. Enslaved people turned to music as a source of recreation, singing and dancing jigs and reels to the fiddle, the banjo,