Object Details
- Artist
- Boris Chaliapin, 1904 - 1979
- Sitter
- Thelonious Sphere Monk, 10 Oct 1917 - 17 Feb 1982
- Exhibition Label
- Born Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- A leader of the postwar jazz revolution, Thelonious Monk—along with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker—sparked the “bebop” movement, a jazz style faster and more frenetic than the swing that had held sway since the thirties. Monk’s piano style has been called eccentric: “his melodies were angular, his harmonies full of jarring clusters.” His recording career took off in the mid-1950s, and he won an enthusiastic following, often playing with such other avant-garde musicians as John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. His compositions “Round Midnight,” “Blue Monk,” and “Epistrophy” are considered classics of modern jazz.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
- 1964
- Object number
- NPG.78.TC596
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Chris Murphy
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 53.3 x 38.1 x 2.5cm (21 x 15 x 1")
- Frame: 65.4 x 49.8 x 6cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 x 2 3/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Bravo!
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Feather
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie
- Thelonious Sphere Monk: Male
- Thelonious Sphere Monk: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer
- Thelonious Sphere Monk: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist
- Thelonious Sphere Monk: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.TC596
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f03c83f2-d2f5-4f13-8f0a-3a3c1a94d8ac
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