Wilson, like Wright before him, wrestled with the psychic toll of racial violence on Black families in his paintings and ...
An Old Master as a young man, Richard Wright’s influence on John Wilson, Tribeca galleries vs. street vendors, other things to know about NYC this week.
Born into poverty, Richard Wright managed to complete only an eighth-grade education. Yet by at the age of 33, he was the best-selling author of what would become an American classic, Native Son.