About The Artist:
Morgan and Marvin Smith
Morgan and Marvin Smith were identical African-American twin brothers. They were photographers and artists known for documenting the life of Harlem in the 1930s to 1950s. The brothers were born in Nicholasville, Kentucky to sharecroppers Charles and Allena Smith. The family moved to Lexington when Morgan and Marvin were 12 years old. They frequently helped their parents harvest crops and exercised their drawing skills from a young age by tracing...
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About The Medium:
Pastel
An art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.