Frame
Top Mat
Bottom Mat
Dimensions
Image:
24.00" x 24.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
29.50" x 29.50"
Sir Duke Ellington Framed Print
by Everett Spruill
Product Details
Sir Duke Ellington framed print by Everett Spruill. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Abstract portrait of Duke Ellington. 30 x 30 mixed media on canvas with paper and acrylic. Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24,... more
Ships Within
3 - 4 business days
Additional Products
Framed Print Tags
Painting Tags
Comments (0)
Artist's Description
Abstract portrait of Duke Ellington. 30 x 30" mixed media on canvas with paper and acrylic. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades.
Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe. Although widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music rather than to a musical genre such as jazz.
Some of the jazz musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are considered to be among the best players in the idiom. E...
About Everett Spruill
Everett Spruill was born in Birmingham, Alabama 1954. Earned a degree in Business Management from Berea College, Kentucky 1976. As a youth Everett spent many afternoons at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The museum and his early exposure to classical music would prove to have a great influence on his artistic development. "Mom worked at A.G. Gastons' Lounge in the afternoon, I’d wait for her at the Museum until she got off …the Museum was my refuge and fueled my love for art. I really enjoy working with my hands, drawing and wood working projects were part of our “Industrial Education during the 60’s. I also had an ear for music so mom insisted I have voice and piano lessons". For more than 30 years Everett, a self-taught artist, has...
$201.00
There are no comments for Sir Duke Ellington. Click here to post the first comment.