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African American artist (born )

Wadsworth Aikens Jarrell (born November 20, ) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker. He was born in Albany, Georgia, and moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduation, he became heavily involved in the local art scene and through his early work he explored the working life of African-Americans in Chicago and found influence in the sights and sounds of jazz music.

In the late s he opened WJ Studio and Gallery, where he, along with his wife, Jae, hosted regional artists and musicians.

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Mids Chicago saw a rise in racial violence leading to the examination of race relations and black empowerment by local artists. Jarrell became involved in the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), a group that would serve as a launching pad for the era's Black Arts movement. In , OBAC artists created the Wall of Respect, a mural in Chicago that depicted African American heroes and Wadsworth A.

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