
beauford delani

beauford delani (30 december 1901-26 march 1979) heey eka american aadhuniktavadi chitrakar hote. 1930 aanee 1940 chya dashkatil harlem punarujjivanatil tyanchya karyasathi tasech 1950 chya dashakat parisla gelyanantarchya amoort abhivyaktivadatil tyanchya nantarchya kamansathi tyanche smaran kele jaate. beaufordcha dhakata bhau joseph dekhil eka prasiddha chitrakar hota.
charitra.
prarambhik jeevan.
beauford delani yancha janm 30 december 1901 roji noxville, tenacy yethe jhaala. delaniche ivadil noxvilchya krishnavarniy samudayache pramukh aanee aadaraniy sadasya hote. tyache vadil samuel heey eka nhavnare aanee paddhatvadi mantri hote. tyachi aaee delia dekhil charchmadhye pramukh hotee aanee kapade dhunyasathi aanee samruddha pandhya kutumbanchi ghare swachchh karnyasathi upajivikechi kamai karat hotee. gulamgirit janmalelya aanee swatahla kadhihi vachoo aanee lihu naan shakananya deliane tichya mulanmadhye pratishtha aanee aatmasanmanachi bhavna hastantarit kelee aanee tyanna varnadveshachya anyayambaddal aanee shikshanachya mulyabaddal upadesh keela. beauford daha mulanpaiki aathva hota, jyapaiki keval chaar praudhatvaparyant tikoon rahile. 1961 salchya eka niyatkalikatil nondit tyanni yamagil karanancha saransh detana mhatale qee, "rahnyasathi ayogya thikananmadhun itake aajaar aale-ayogya prakare garam kelelya shalanmadhye jaanyasathi lambche antar... gharee khoop jaast kaam karane-naisargik paristhiti jee garibansathi samanya aahe jee nisargatil bhayankar thandisarkhi chamakdar phule ghete..."
beauford aanee tyacha dhakata bhau joseph heey doghehi lahanpanapasunach kalekade aakarshit hote. tyanchya suruvatichya kahee rekhachitre ravivarchya shalechya patranchya pratee aanee kautumbik baybalmadhil chitre hotee. "jyaa suruvatichya varshanmadhye mea aanee beauford yanni ekatra anand lutala, mallah khatri aahe qee kalakar mhanoon aamchya jivanachi disha badalali. aamhi satat hatanni kahitari karat hoto-agadi laal tenacy chikanmatiche modelling, tasech chitranchi nakkal. beauford aanee majhyat eka vegala farak mhanje tyachi bahu-pratibha. beauford nehmich yukyulelvar strum karoo shakat asey aanee vedesarkhe gauu shakat hote aanee sarvottam ganyanchi nakkal karoo shakat hote. mea aanee beauford heey purnapane viruddha hoteh mea antarmukh aanee beauford bahirmukh."delanese noxvilchya austin highschoolmadhye shikale aanee beaufordchya suruvatichya kamanmadhye austin hye principle charles cancelorche chitra hote.
kishoravayin asatana tyanna poost sine companyt 'helper' mhanoon nokri midali. matra, too aanee tyacha dhakata bhau joseph tyanchi swatachi chinhe kadhat hote. tyanantar tyanche kahee kaam jyeshth american prabhavvadi aanee noxvilleche sarvat prasiddha kalakar lloyd branson yanchya lakshat aale. 1920 chya dashakachya suruvatiparyant, delani bransonchi shikau bunley. bransonchya protsahanamule, 23 varshiy delanyne kalecha abhyas karnyasathi uttarekade bostenla sthalantar kele. chikatine, tyane tyala havey asalele kalakaranche shikshan sadhya kele, jyat massatusates normal school, south boston school auph aart aanee kopali societymadhil anaupacharik abhyasacha samavesh aahe. shastriy tantrachi 'aavashyak goshti' mhanoon olakhalya jaananya goshti too shikala. bostonmadhye asatana delanila sarvajanik baget eka tarunashi tyacha pahila 'jivhalyacha anubhav' aala. noxvilchya parichaypatrandware, tyanna krishnavarniy karyakartyanchya rajkaranatil aanee kalpananmadhil 'crash course' mhanoon sambodhale jaanare dekhil midale; bostenmadhil tyanchya varshanmadhye james weldon johnson, lekhak, mutsaddi aanee haqq karyakarte, rashtriy samaan haqq sanghache sansthapak william monro trotter aanee battler willson, rangeet lokanchya pragatisathi rashtriy sanghataneche mandal sadasya yasarkhya tyaa kalatil kahee sarvat atyadhunik aanee kattarpanthi african american lokanshi samajik sambandh jodale. 1929 paryant, tyachya kalatmak shikshanachya moolbhut goshti purn jhalya, tevha beaufordne boston sodoon newyorkla jaanyacha nirnay ghetala.
newyork shahar, america.
harlem punarujjivanachya velee newyork shaharat tyanche aagman romanchak hote. harlem heey tevha americetil krishnavarniy sanskrutik jivanache kendra hote. pann too mahamandicha kalahi hota aanee tyachya aagmananantarach beaufordla yacha samna karava lagla. "1929 madhye bostenhoon agadi qamee paishansah ektyane newyorkla gelo...hii nairashya hotee aanee mallah lavkarach kalale qee yapaiki bahutek lock kaam nasalele lock aahet aanee mea jeey karat hoto teey karat aahet-basoon ann aanee zopanyasathi kaay karave heey shodhat aahet."
delanila yaa "serve vanshanchya lokanchya gardishi-tyanchya aayushyatil pratyek ratra udyane aanee cafemadhye ghalavane" yaa vinakaran jaganyashi tatkal naate vatale. tyanchya dhairyane aanee samayik maitrine tyanna asey vatanyas prerit kele qee, "jarr kahee majboot ichchhashaktine mallah yaa afat shaharachya bhitivar aanee bhitivar maat karnyache aanee shakya titke serve kahee swikaranyache dhairya midale tarr mea kahee taree, kahee taree vyavasthapit karoo shakalo asato".
yaa vanchit samudayache sadasya delanichya newyork kalatil anek mahan chitranche vishay banale. newyorkmadhye tyanni rangiberangi, aakarshak chitrapatanche chitra kadhale, jyat shahari bhupradeshachi drushye qaid kelee gelee...tyaa kalatil tyanchi kaame, american aadhuniktavadi antahkaranat, keval shaharache swarupach navhe tarr serve lokanmadhye samanata, prem aanee aadar yabaddalchi tyanchi vaiyaktik drushti dekhil vyakt karatat.
yaa kalatil delanichya 'cann phayar inn daad park' (oil aun canvas, 1946) yaa kalakrutinpaiki eka, jithe purushancha eka gut khulya aagibhovati ubdarpana aanee sahvasasathi ekatra jamato, smithsonian american aart museumne tyache varnan 'trasdayak samkalin wignet' asey kele aahe, jeey keval 1929 nantarchya nairashyachya varshanshich navhe tarr krishnavarniy american lokanchya dirghakalin vanchitateshi sambandhit vanchitatecha varsa dekhil vyakt karate, jyala yethe samajik nirvasit mhanoon chitrit kele aahe... tyacha shant vishay asoonahi, drushya urjene, delanichya tikshna shuddha ranganchi parakashtha, ghattapane lavalele rung aanee ghatt, yojnabaddha rachana yanni bharkatate. tyachya suruvatichya shaikshanik prashikshanacha achook vastavad sodoon, delanyne eka bhavpurn bhavpurn shaili vikasit kelee jee tyachya sangeet talavaril prem aanee rangancha sudharit vapar yavar aadharit hotee."udyanat golibar karoo shakato" yasarkhi kaame pratinidhitva aanee amurtata darmyan firat asatat kaaran tee shaili 1940 chya dashakat vikasit jhaali."
delanila 'mahamandichya jagaat asey chhote chhote kopare sapadale jeey tyachya karyala swikaranare kinwa swikaranare asoo shakatat."tyane whiteney yetheel tyachya kamatoon guard, telephone operator aanee gallery attendant mhanoon studiochi jaaga aanee rahnyasathi jaaga midavali.
prashansaniyapane, delanyne swatahla tyaa kalatil qalaa drushyachya bohemianismcha eka suprasiddha bhag mhanoon sthapit kele. tyachya mitranmadhye tyaa kalatil 'kavee puraskar vijeta', kaunti cullon, kalakar georgia oo 'keef aanee lekhak heinry miller yanchyasah itar anekancha samavesh hota. teey tarun lekhak james baldwin yanche 'aadhyatmik vadil' banale.
yaa kalatil maitri aanee yash asoonahi, too eka vegala manus rahila. david leamingne tyachya 1998 chya charitramadhye 'amazing graceh aaa life auph beauford delani' madhye delanyne newyorkmadhye atishay 'vibhagalele' jeevan jagalyache sadar kele aahe.
greenwich gavat, jithe tyacha studio hota, delani pramukhyane pandhya mitranchya samalingi bohemian vartulacha bhag banala; parantu too tyachya laingikteshi phaar jawalcha aanee kvachitach sahajatene vagayacha.
jevha too tyachya african-american mitranna aanee sahakanyanna bhetanyasathi harlemla gela, tevha delanyne greenwich gavatil tyachya itar samajik jivanabaddal tyanna farshi mahitee nasavi heey sunishchit karnyasathi prayatna kele. tyachya samalaingikatemule tyache anek harlem mitra aswasth hotil kinwa door jaatil ashee tyala bheeti vatat hotee.
europe aanee americetil aadhuniktavadachya saundaryashastra aanee vikasashi sambandhit prashnanvar kendrit asalele tyanche 'tisare jeevan' hote; pramukhyane tyanche mitra, chhayachitrakar alfried steaglitz aanee cubist kalakar stuart davis (chitrakar) yanchya kalpanancha aanee european aadhuniktavadi aanee sezan, mattise, picaso aanee vanne gog yansarkhya tyanchya purvavartinchya chitrancha tyanchyavar prabhav hota.
varnadveshi aanee samalingi samajat 'krishna aanee samalingi' asanyache dabav purese katheen jhaale asate, parantu delaniche swatache khrishchan sangopan aanee samalaingikta 'nakarane', newyork qalaa kshetrat kutumbatil sadasyachi (tyacha kalakar bhau joseph) upasthiti aanee loar manhattonchya qalaa drushyat udayas yenanya 'maco amoort abhivyaktivadyanni' yaa dabawala chalana dilee. tyamule too "eka kalakar mhanoon vegala rahila, jaree tyane pramukh kalatmak utkrantichya kendrasthani kaam kele... eka sakhol antarmukh aanee khajgi vyakti, delanyne konatehi kayamswarupi pranayramya sambandh prasthapit kele naheet."
tyanni tyanchya swatachya kalakrutinmadhye 'nigro' yaa jazchya vakpracharasarkhya african-american prabhavancha samavesh karnyache kaam kele asatana, '303 gut' kinwa 'harlem artistes gilled' madhye hott asalelya gambhir samajik-rajkiy charchet kinwa 'nigro aart' prashnanmadhye sameel honyaeivaji teey harlemmadhye asatana anekada eka clubla bhet denyas pradhanya dett asat. jaree tyane swatahla eka nigro kalakar mananyas virodh keela, taree beaufordla kalya kalakarachya kamgiricha prachand abhiman hota. jacob laurence, romare barden, hail woodruff, selma barke, richmond barth, norman louis aanee tyacha bhau joseph delani yasarkhya sahkari kalakaransobat anek krishnavarniy kalakaranchya pradarshananmadhye sahbhagi honyasahi tyala anand jhaala.
smithsonian american aart museumne nondavale aahe qee, "suruvatichya yashane kinwa dayalu aatmyane delanila tyachya praudh aayushyatil bahutansh kalala grasalelya aspashtta aanee garibipasoon vachavale nahee". brooks etkinsonne tyachya 1951 chya 'vans arround daad sunn' yaa pustakat lihileh 'beauford nemke kase jagato heey konalahi maheet nahee. thodya lokanna samjel kinwa kautuk hoil asha chitrakalechya shailila mage takat, tyane swatahla keval sharirikach navhe tarr aadhyatmikdrushtya, napik jagaat eka prakarchya vaiyaktik chumbakatvasah jaganyasathi shist lavali aahe."
delanichya chitranmadhye asey mhatale aahe, "mallah tras hott asel, pann haah kitee anubhav aahe."jaree beauford anekada nairashyat hota, taree 'delaniche kaam' kadhihi nirashajanak nasate; jeevan tyala nitambat laath marat hote yaa vastusthitinantarhi too ayushyala hokar deu shakat hota."
parris, france.
1953 madhye, vayachya 52 vya varshi, aanee qalaa jagache kendra newyorkla halwat asatana, delani newyork sodoon parisla gela. europane aadhich itar anek african-american kalakar aanee lekhakanna aakarshit kele hote jyanna tethe adhik swatantryachi bhavna aadhalali hotee. lekhak richard rait, james baldwin, chester hims, ralf ellison, william gardner smith aanee richard gibson aanee kalakar harrold chulat bhau, herbert gentry aanee edd clark heey serve europechya pravasat tyachya aadhi hote. aaplya niyatkalikat, richard raitane parisache varnan "eka ashee jaaga jithe ekhadyala aaplya aatmyacha dawa karata yeil" asey kele aahe."
europe heey tyachya urvarit aayushyasathi delaniche ghar banale. tyachya naveen aayushyabaddal aanee shakyatambaddal, beaufordne swatahla "vishvas aanee vishvas shakya titka kayam thevanyachi vinanti kelee. vinamratevar prem qaraa aanee dukkh nirman karananya aakshepanna harkat gheu nakaa...aanee ekakipana aanee maryada. aapan aatmanirbharta shikato aanee devacha aavajahi aikato...aanee kase...todu nakaa, pann haluvarpane vakva. prem karayala shikane mhanje sakholpane aanee shantatene dukkh sosayala shikane."
parismadhil tyachya varshanmule newyorkchya jivanatil lakshanik rachananpasun rung aanee prakashachya amoort abhivyaktivadi abhyasakade natyamay shailigat badal jhaala."
"delaniche amurtateshi asalele sambandh heey kukhyat amoort abhivyaktivadi chalvalipurviche hote, jyamule teey visavya shatkatil american kaleteel sarvat mahattvachya vaicharik aanee shailivadi vikasanpaiki eka mhanoon agraganya tharale. jaree tyanni swatahla yaa chalvalishi naan jodanyache tharavale, parantu 1940 chya dashakachya uttaradhat amoort abhivyaktivadyanna kukhyati miloo lagali, delanichya amoort karyane adhikadhik laksh vedhale."
jaree yaa kalat amoort abhivyaktivadi kamache varchasva hote, tarihi delanyne lakshanik rachana tayar kelya. james baldwinche (1963, kagdavaril pastel) tyache chitra amerikechya rashtriy chitra galleryne "garam aanee sangharshpurn, tyache kathor rung sadharanpane lagoo kele jaatat" aanee "kalakar parisla gelyanantar anekada vaparat asalelya chaitanyashil, vanne gog-prerit pivalya rangane chamkanare" asey varnan kele aahe."chitra' heey smrutivar aadharit eka pratirup aanee prakashatil abhyas donhi aahe."
delanichya satat rangavanyachya prayatnanmule jevha too canvaschya baher hota tevha tyane tyacha rainkote vaparla, 'shirshak nasalela, 1954' haah rainkotchya tukadyavarcha teel aahe.
mansik sthitee bighadane.
1961 paryant, atee madyapanamule delaniche anekada najuk mansik aanee sharirik aarogya bighadu lagale hote. divas aanee kahee aathvade vedepanachya karanane suspashttechya kalavadhit vyatyay yet asey. haah prakar tyachya urvarit ayushyabhar chaloo rahila.
satatchi garibi, upasamar aanee daruchya durupyogamule tyachya adhogatila chalana midali. james baldwin yanni delanibaddal mhatleh 
mansik aajarane grasalelya aaplya kutumbala pahanyasathi too 1969 madhye kahee kalasathi americela paratala. tyala asey vatale qee dveshyukt lock tyachyakade ratri yetat aanee apriy aanee ashleel bhasha bolatat aanee dveshpurn vagnukichi dhamki detat...majhya aarogya aanee tatadichya kamat hastakshep karane...satatchi, satatchi nirmiti."
janewari 1970 madhye parisla paratalyanantar lagechach, beaufordmadhye alzheimer rogachi suruvatichi lakshane disu lagali. 1970 chya dashakachya suruvatiparyant, beaufordcha aajaar aanee tyachya aarthik asthiratemule heey spasht jhaale qee too aata dainandin jivanacha samna karoo shakat nahee. 1973chya sharad rutumadhye tyacha mitra charles gorden (charley) bogsney james baldwinla lihile, "aapala dhanya beauford zapatyane mansik niyantran gamavat aahe."tyachya mitranni tyachi kalji ghenyacha prayatna keela, parantu 1975 madhye tyala rugnalayat dakhal karnyat aale aanee nantar vedepanamule seent anney rugnalayat dakhal karnyat aale. 26 march 1979 roji seent annace yethe asatana beauford delaniche parismadhye nidhan jhaale. charles bogsney kagadachya eka tukadyavar lihileli delanichi vasiyat hatalali, jyamadhye delanyne tyala kumbharanchya shetat daphan karanyachi vinanti kelee hotee.
james baldwinne, '4 december 1964 roji lambert gallerymadhye suru jhalelya beauford delani pradarshanachya parichayat' lihileh 
varsa.
tyanchya mrutyunantar, eka mahan aanee durlakshit chitrakar mhanoon tyanchi prashansa jhaali, parantu kahee ullekhaneey apavad vagalata, durlaksh suruch rahile.
tyachya mrutyuchya eka varsh aadhi harlemmadhil studio sangrahalayatil tyachya kamacha purvalakshi prabhav tyachya kamatil rus punarujjivit karnyasathi farsa upayog jhaala nahee. phillip brite gallerymadhye french qalaa vyapari phillip britene tayar kelelya 1988 chya 'beauford delanih fraum tenacy too parris' yaa pradarshanaparyant, delaniche kaam punha newyorkmadhye pradarshit karnyat aale, tyanantar gallerymadhye done purvalakshi drushtikonah 1991 madhye 'beauford delanih aii retrospective [50 ears auph light]' aanee 1994 madhye 'beauford delanih daad newyork ears [<id1]'.
"beauford delaniche kaay jhaale?", eleanor hartneycha eka lekh, 1994 chya pradarshanas pratisad mhanoon" "aart inn america" "madhye prakashit jhaala, jyat ekekali haah changla manla jaanara" "kalakaracha kalakar" "aata american qalaa janatela aksharshah qaa adnyat hota asey vicharale gele hote". "kaay jhaale? atiuddipit pratishtha tichya khyan patalivar parat yenyache heey aanakhi eka udaharan aahe qaa? kinwa delanyche fashion badalalyane tyache kaam pudhe yenanya pidhyansathi apriy jhaale? american qalaa itihasatoon beauford delani itka purnapane qaa nahisa jhaala?"lekhkala asey vatale qee newyork qalaa jagachya chetanetun delanichya gayab honyacha sambandh" "jagachi sanskrutik rajdhani mhanoon newyorkche sthan ektrikaran karnyachya nirnayak kshani parisla gelyane aanee tyachya kamachi american kalechya itihasashi aprasangikta, kaaran teey tyaa velee samikshakanni lihile hote". yaa lekhacha nishkarsh assa aahe qee, "aaj [1994] jevha tyaa itihasacha ulgada hoto aanee tyachya jaagi adhik vaividhyapurn aanee rangiberangi vinakamane katha lihilya jaatat, tevha delanisarkhe kalakar eka naveen prakashat pahile jaau shakatat."
1985 madhye james baldwinne tyachya jivanavar delanichya prabhavache varnan kele aanee mhatale qee too majhyasathi pahila jiwant purava hota, qee eka krishnavarniy manus kalakar houu shakato. ushna kalat, qamee ishninda karananya thikani, tyala majha guru aanee mallah tyacha shishya mhanoon olakhale gele asate. majhyasathi teey dhairya aanee sachoti, vinamrata aanee utkatateche udaharan banale. eka paripoorn sachotih mea tyala anek vela hadartana pahile aanee mea tyala tutalela pahanyasathi jagalo pann mea tyala kadhihi zuktana pahile nahee."aaplya aayushyatil bahutansh kaal andharane vedhalela asoonahi, delanichya tyachya kamat asha prakashache anukaran karnyachya kshamatebaddal baldwin aashcharyachakit jhaala. delanichya bhootkalatil hii antardrushti, delanyne midavalelya khyan vijayacha purava mhanoon kaam karate, asey baldwinche mutt aahe. baldwinne "aateel aanee bahya dolhyala pratyaksh aanee nirvivadpane, vastavashi naveen sangharshakade nenyachya tyachya tivra kshamateche kautuk kele."tyanni pudhe lihile," kadachit mea spashtapane sangu naye, jeey mallah vatate-qee too eka mahan chitrakar aahe-sarvat mahananpaiki eka aahe; parantu mallah mahit aahe qee mahan qalaa keval prematoonach nirman kelee jaau shakate aanee yapeksha motha konihi premi kadhihi hatavar haat thevu shakat nahee."
delanichya kalakruti aata itarambarobarach, philadelphiya museum auph aart, cleveland museum auph aart, harvard university aart museum, aart institute auph shikago, noxville museum auph aart, minnepolis institute auph arts, newark museum, harlemmadhil studio museum aanee smithsonian american aart museum yanni pradarshit kelya aahet. newyork shaharatil anita shapolsky gallery aanee michael rosenfeld galleries anek gallerindwarehi tyachya kalakrutinche pradarshan karnyat aale aahe.
flatbush, brooklin yetheel kalpanik sarvajanik shaletil beauford delani highschoolmadhye shikavanaya eka mukhya patrasah, 'flatbush misdimeners' hii shotime malika delanila shraddhanjali arpan karate.
beauford delani dafanbhoomi.
2009 madhye, swatantra lekhak monic vaay. wells parismadhil african-american kabari sthalanvaril eka lekhache sanshodhan karat asatana teela kalale qee delanila thayisachya parician smashanbhumitil achinhit kabarimadhye daphan karnyat aale aahe. teela aadhalale qee jarr tyachya kabarivareel "savalat" (bhadepattichya samatulya) nutanikaran kele gele nahee tarr delaniche avashesh varshakheripurvi baher kadhale jaatil. delanichya mitranni aavashyak tee rakkam gola kelee aanee welsney delanichya vishrantichya jaageche jatan karnyasathi smashanbhumila shulk dile.
tyach mitranni delanichya kabarivar eka chinhak thevanyachi ichcha vyakt kelee aanee kabarsthanasathi nidhi ubharani sulabh karnyasathi french naa-napha sanghatana sthapan karnyasathi welsla prerana midali. leesa emis dii beauford delani mhanoon olakhali jaanari hii sanghatana november 2009 madhye tayar karnyat aalee. februwari 2010 madhye nidhi ubharani suru jhaali aanee sanghatnene juuna 2010 paryant dagad magavanyasathi aanee sthapit karnyasathi puresa nidhi gola keela. august 2010 paryant sthapana purn jhaali.
bahya duve.
kameh