Billie Holiday
This innovative portrait was selected to be advertised on 103rd and Western in Chicago Illinois to advertise a southside arts festival. Davis painted Billie Holiday to memorialize her creativity and contributions to jazz. Also as an icon of the Harlem Renaissance Holiday took art to new meanings by addressing the good, the bad, and the ugly in her music. She perfectly aligns with Davis’s portraits of people who achieve despite adversity.
This innovative portrait was selected to be advertised on 103rd and Western in Chicago Illinois to advertise a southside arts festival. Davis painted Billie Holiday to memorialize her creativity and contributions to jazz. Also as an icon of the Harlem Renaissance Holiday took art to new meanings by addressing the good, the bad, and the ugly in her music. She perfectly aligns with Davis’s portraits of people who achieve despite adversity.
This innovative portrait was selected to be advertised on 103rd and Western in Chicago Illinois to advertise a southside arts festival. Davis painted Billie Holiday to memorialize her creativity and contributions to jazz. Also as an icon of the Harlem Renaissance Holiday took art to new meanings by addressing the good, the bad, and the ugly in her music. She perfectly aligns with Davis’s portraits of people who achieve despite adversity.