its , ▁and ▁mur als ▁dep ict ing ▁black ▁achiev ement , ▁while ▁White ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁graph ic ▁artist ▁and ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁m ural ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Illinois ▁Federal ▁Art ▁Project . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Side ▁Community ▁Art ▁Center , ▁which ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Margaret ▁B urr ough s , ▁and ▁his ▁work , ▁" There ▁W ere ▁No ▁Cro ps ▁This ▁Year ," ▁won ▁a ▁first ▁prize ▁at ▁the ▁Neg ro ▁Ex position ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁Mot ley ' s ▁paint ings , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁created ▁controvers y ▁with ▁his ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁jazz ▁culture ▁and ▁black ▁sens ual ity , ▁providing ▁v ivid ▁images ▁of ▁urban ▁black ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁Last ly , ▁Cort or ▁became ▁famous ▁for ▁his ▁del ine ation ▁of ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁black ▁women . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Life ▁Magazine ▁published ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁sem in ude ▁female ▁figures . ▁ ▁Arch ib ald ▁Mot ley ' s ▁early ▁life ▁ ▁Arch ib ald ▁J . ▁Mot ley ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Art ▁Institute ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁with ▁a ▁concentration ▁in ▁portrait ure . ▁While ▁at ▁the ▁Institute , ▁Mot ley ▁studied ▁under ▁Karl ▁B ue hr ▁. ▁When ▁reflect ing ▁on ▁his ▁time ▁and ▁studied ▁spent ▁with ▁B ue hr , ▁the ▁artist ▁goes ▁onto ▁say ▁about ▁his ▁ment or