▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Art ▁Institute ▁in ▁Chicago ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁possible ▁gr ades ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁recognition ▁  for ▁“ general ▁excell ence ” ▁in ▁his ▁work . ▁As ▁Mot ley ▁began ▁to ▁paint ▁and ▁advance ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁his ▁art work ▁grew ▁as ▁well ▁and ▁transformed ▁into ▁a ▁style ▁much ▁different ▁than ▁his ▁earlier ▁one . ▁ ▁E volution ▁of ▁Mot ley ' s ▁art work ▁throughout ▁career ▁ ▁Mot ley ▁began ▁his ▁art istic ▁career ▁with ▁portrait ure ▁but ▁as ▁his ▁career ▁progress ed , ▁he ▁moved ▁into ▁genre ▁paint ings . ▁These ▁later ▁paint ings ▁dep icted ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁African ▁Americans ▁from ▁areas ▁like ▁“ the ▁streets ▁of ▁Bron ze ville ” ▁which ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁“ the ▁ass orted ▁African ▁neighborhood s ▁of ▁Chicago ’ s ▁South ▁Side ”. ▁Mot ley ▁got ▁into ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁portrait ▁pain ters ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁believed ▁that ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁commercial ism ▁moving ▁into ▁art , ▁port ra its ▁would ▁always ▁be ▁in ▁demand . ▁Mot ley ▁ran ▁into ▁trouble ▁when ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁conform ▁to ▁using ▁his ▁ra cial ▁identity ▁in ▁his ▁art istic ▁work , ▁“ He ▁ins isted ▁that ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁black ▁art ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁served ▁‘ if ▁all ▁Neg ro ▁artists ▁painted ▁simply ▁Neg ro ▁types ’ ; ▁rather ▁‘ g ive ▁the ▁artist ▁of ▁the ▁Race ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁express ▁himself ▁in ▁his ▁own , ▁individual ▁way , ▁but ▁let ▁him ▁ab ide ▁by ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁true ▁art , ▁as ▁our ▁[