CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes"> <link rel="profile" href="https://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' /> <style>img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px }</style>  <title>About - David Black</title> <link rel="canonical" href="https://davidblacknyc.com/about/" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:title" content="About - David Black" /> <meta property="og:description" content="About David Black 1931 – 2022 Photo Credit: Harold Hanka David Black did not intend to become an artist. He had been a violinist, opera singer, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, actor, director, playwright, and author. In 1984, a collection of his drawings found their way to London’s Royal Academy artists John Hoyland and Patrick Caulfield, […]" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://davidblacknyc.com/about/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="David Black" /> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-02-04T19:15:22+00:00" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1019-STN-David-Black-artist-hh-30-scaled-400x400.jpg" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="7 minutes" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/","url":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/","name":"About - David Black","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https://davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1019-STN-David-Black-artist-hh-30-scaled-400x400.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-26T08:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-04T19:15:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://davidblacknyc.com/about/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/#primaryimage","url":"https://davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1019-STN-David-Black-artist-hh-30-scaled-400x400.jpg","contentUrl":"https://davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1019-STN-David-Black-artist-hh-30-scaled-400x400.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://davidblacknyc.com/about/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#website","url":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/","name":"David Black","description":"Artist","publisher":{"@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#organization","name":"David Black","url":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#/schema/logo/image/","url":"https://webdisk.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-6-21-1.svg","contentUrl":"https://webdisk.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-6-21-1.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"David Black"},"image":{"@id":"https://pop.davidblacknyc.com/#/schema/logo/image/"}}]}</script>  <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//www.davidblacknyc.com' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="David Black » Feed" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="David Black » Comments Feed" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/comments/feed/" />     <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.7.2"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(i,n){var o,s,e;function c(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(o,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function p(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data),r=(e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0),new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data));return t.every(function(e,t){return e===r[t]})}function u(e,t,n){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!n(e,"\ud83d\udc26\u200d\u2b1b","\ud83d\udc26\u200b\u2b1b")}return!1}function f(e,t,n){var r="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):i.createElement("canvas"),a=r.getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(a.textBaseline="top",a.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(function(e){o[e]=t(a,e,n)}),o}function t(e){var t=i.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,i.head.appendChild(t)}"undefined"!=typeof Promise&&(o="wpEmojiSettingsSupports",s=["flag","emoji"],n.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},e=new Promise(function(e){i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",e,{once:!0})}),new Promise(function(t){var n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(o));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(s),u.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"}),a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=function(e){c(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}c(n=f(s,u,p))}t(n)}).then(function(e){for(var t in e)n.supports[t]=e[t],n.supports.everything=n.supports.everything&&n.supports[t],"flag"!==t&&(n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&n.supports[t]);n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!n.supports.flag,n.DOMReady=!1,n.readyCallback=function(){n.DOMReady=!0}}).then(function(){return e}).then(function(){var e;n.supports.everything||(n.readyCallback(),(e=n.source||{}).concatemoji?t(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(t(e.twemoji),t(e.wpemoji)))}))}((window,document),window._wpemojiSettings); /* ]]> */ </script> <link rel='stylesheet' id='dripicons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/dripicons/assets/css/dripicons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='elegant-icons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/elegant-icons/assets/css/elegant-icons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='font-awesome-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/font-awesome/assets/css/all.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ionicons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/ionicons/assets/css/ionicons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='linea-icons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/linea-icons/assets/css/linea-icons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='linear-icons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/linear-icons/assets/css/linear-icons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='material-icons-css' href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons&ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='simple-line-icons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/icons/simple-line-icons/assets/css/simple-line-icons.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='wp-emoji-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <style id='classic-theme-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> /*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} </style> <style id='global-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> :root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} :where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;} :root :where(.wp-block-pullquote){font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='contact-form-7-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css?ver=6.0.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='rs-plugin-settings-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/revslider/public/assets/css/rs6.css?ver=6.4.11' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='rs-plugin-settings-inline-css' type='text/css'> #rs-demo-id {} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='qi-addons-for-elementor-grid-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/css/grid.min.css?ver=1.8.9' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='qi-addons-for-elementor-helper-parts-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/css/helper-parts.min.css?ver=1.8.9' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='qi-addons-for-elementor-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/css/main.min.css?ver=1.8.9' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='select2-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qode-framework/inc/common/assets/plugins/select2/select2.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-core-dashboard-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/core-dashboard/assets/css/core-dashboard.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='perfect-scrollbar-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/plugins/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='swiper-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/plugins/swiper/8.4.5/swiper.min.css?ver=8.4.5' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-main-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/css/main.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-core-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/css/lekker-core.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='magnific-popup-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/plugins/magnific-popup/magnific-popup.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-google-fonts-css' href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poppins%3A300%2C400%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C400i%7COpen+Sans%3A300%2C400%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C400i&subset=latin-ext&ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-style-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/style.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='lekker-style-inline-css' type='text/css'> #qodef-page-inner { padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 1024px) { #qodef-page-inner { padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}}.qodef-h1 a:hover, h1 a:hover, .qodef-h2 a:hover, h2 a:hover, .qodef-h3 a:hover, h3 a:hover, .qodef-h4 a:hover, h4 a:hover, .qodef-h5 a:hover, h5 a:hover, .qodef-h6 a:hover, h6 a:hover, a:hover, p a:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-horizontal ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-vertical ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-horizontal ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-mobile-header .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-vertical ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-horizontal ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-list-vertical ul li a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-side-area .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-side-area .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-item-toggle:hover, #qodef-side-area .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, #qodef-side-area .widget_icl_lang_sel_widget .wpml-ls-legacy-dropdown-click .wpml-ls-sub-menu .wpml-ls-item a:hover, .qodef-blog article .qodef-e-info .qodef-e-info-item a:hover, #qodef-page-comments-list .qodef-comment-item .qodef-e-date a:hover, .qodef-m-filter .qodef-m-filter-item.qodef--active, .qodef-m-filter .qodef-m-filter-item:hover, .wp-block-button.is-style-outline .wp-block-button__link, .wp-block-file:hover, #qodef-woo-page .qodef-woo-ratings .qodef-m-star, .qodef-woo-shortcode .qodef-woo-ratings .qodef-m-star, .woocommerce-account .woocommerce-MyAccount-navigation ul li.is-active a, #qodef-woo-page.qodef--single #review_form .comment-form-rating a:before, #qodef-woo-page.qodef--single #review_form .comment-form-rating a.active:after, .widget.woocommerce .qodef-woo-ratings .qodef-m-star, .widget.woocommerce .button, .widget.widget_layered_nav ul li.chosen a, .widget.widget_product_categories li a:hover, .widget.widget_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, .widget.widget_recently_viewed_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, .widget.widget_top_rated_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, .widget.widget_recent_reviews a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_layered_nav ul li.chosen a, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_product_categories li a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_recently_viewed_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_top_rated_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_recent_reviews a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_layered_nav ul li.chosen a, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_product_categories li a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_recently_viewed_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_top_rated_products .qodef-woo-product-title a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_recent_reviews a:hover, #qodef-top-area .qodef-woo-dropdown-cart .qodef-woo-dropdown-items a:hover, .qodef-portfolio-single .qodef-portfolio-info a:hover, .qodef-portfolio-single .qodef-portfolio-info p:hover, .qodef-portfolio-list.qodef-item-layout--info-below .qodef-e-info-category a:hover, .qodef-search-cover-form .qodef-m-form-field, .qodef-search-cover-form .qodef-m-form-field:focus, .qodef-fullscreen-search-holder .qodef-m-form-submit:hover, .qodef-banner .qodef-m-text-field, .qodef-button.qodef-layout--outlined, .qodef-interactive-link-showcase .qodef-m-item, .qodef-pricing-table .qodef-m-content ul li:before, .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text>span:after, .qodef-browser--ms-explorer .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--1, .qodef-browser--ms-explorer .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--2, .qodef-browser--ms-explorer .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--3, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-facebook-share a:hover, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-twitter-share a:hover, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-linkedin-share a:hover, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-tumblr-share a:hover, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-pinterest-share a:hover, .qodef-social-share li.qodef-vk-share a:hover, #qodef-page-spinner .qodef-m-inner, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_lekker_core_social_icons_group .qodef-icon-holder.qodef-layout--circle:hover a { color: #90bfd5;}.wp-block-cover-image h1 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image h2 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image h3 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image h4 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image h5 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image h6 a:hover, .wp-block-cover-image p a:hover, .wp-block-cover h1 a:hover, .wp-block-cover h2 a:hover, .wp-block-cover h3 a:hover, .wp-block-cover h4 a:hover, .wp-block-cover h5 a:hover, .wp-block-cover h6 a:hover, .wp-block-cover p a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_lekker_core_social_icons_group .qodef-icon-holder:hover a { color: #90bfd5!important;}.qodef-blog .mejs-container .mejs-controls .mejs-time-rail>*>:not(.mejs-time-float)>*, .qodef-blog .mejs-container .mejs-controls .mejs-time-rail .mejs-time-total .mejs-time-current, .qodef-blog .mejs-container .mejs-controls .mejs-horizontal-volume-slider .mejs-horizontal-volume-total .mejs-horizontal-volume-current, .wp-block-button.is-style-outline .wp-block-button__link:hover, .qodef-header--vertical-sliding .qodef-header-vertical-sliding-navigation>ul>li .qodef-drop-down-second-inner ul li>a span:before, .qodef-header--vertical .qodef-header-vertical-navigation>ul>li .qodef-drop-down-second-inner ul li>a span:before, .qodef-header-navigation ul li.qodef-menu-item--wide .qodef-drop-down-second-inner>ul>li ul li>a span:before, #qodef-woo-page .qodef-woo-product-mark, .qodef-woo-shortcode .qodef-woo-product-mark, .widget.woocommerce .button:hover, .widget.widget_price_filter .price_slider_wrapper .ui-widget-content .ui-slider-handle, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_price_filter .price_slider_wrapper .ui-widget-content .ui-slider-handle, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_price_filter .price_slider_wrapper .ui-widget-content .ui-slider-handle, .qodef-testimonials-list .swiper-pagination-bullets .swiper-pagination-bullet:before, .qodef-button.qodef-layout--outlined:hover, .qodef-icon-holder.qodef-layout--circle, .qodef-icon-holder.qodef-layout--square, .qodef-pricing-table .qodef-m-title, #qodef-page-spinner.qodef-layout--progress-bar .qodef-m-spinner-line-front, .widget.widget_lekker_core_social_icons_group .qodef-icon-holder.qodef-layout--circle, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_lekker_core_social_icons_group .qodef-icon-holder.qodef-layout--circle { background-color: #90bfd5;}.qodef-blog article .qodef-e-info-tags a:hover, .widget.widget_product_tag_cloud .tagcloud a:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_product_tag_cloud .tagcloud a:hover, #qodef-page-sidebar .widget.widget_product_tag_cloud .tagcloud a:hover { background-color: #90bfd5!important;}.wp-block-button.is-style-outline .wp-block-button__link, .wp-block-button.is-style-outline .wp-block-button__link:hover, .widget.woocommerce .button, .widget.woocommerce .button:hover, #qodef-page-footer .widget.widget_product_search input:focus, .qodef-button.qodef-layout--outlined, .qodef-button.qodef-layout--outlined:hover { border-color: #90bfd5;}.qodef-interactive-link-showcase .qodef-m-item .qodef-e-title:after,.qodef-interactive-link-showcase .qodef-m-item .qodef-e-title:before, .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--1, .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--2, .qodef-text-marquee .qodef-m-text--3 { stroke-color: #90bfd5;}.qodef-header-navigation> ul > li > a { font-family: "Open Sans";font-size: 22px;letter-spacing: .2px;}#qodef-side-area { background-color: #1f1f1f;}.qodef-page-title { height: 400px;background-color: #90bfd5;}.qodef-page-title .qodef-m-title { color: #ffffff;}@media only screen and (max-width: 1024px) { .qodef-page-title { height: 250px;}}p { font-family: "Open Sans";font-size: 18px;letter-spacing: .2px;}h1 { font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0px;}h2 { font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0px;}h3 { font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0px;}h4, #qodef-woo-page.qodef--single .related>h2 { font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 600;letter-spacing: 0px;}h5, .qodef-header-navigation>ul>li>a { font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 600;letter-spacing: 0px;}h6 { color: #90bfd5;font-family: "Open Sans";font-weight: 600;letter-spacing: 0px;} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='lekker-core-elementor-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/plugins/elementor/assets/css/elementor.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='elementor-icons-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/lib/eicons/css/elementor-icons.min.css?ver=5.35.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='elementor-frontend-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/css/frontend.min.css?ver=3.27.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='elementor-post-120-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/css/post-120.css?ver=1739367784' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='widget-heading-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/css/widget-heading.min.css?ver=3.27.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='widget-text-editor-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/css/widget-text-editor.min.css?ver=3.27.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='elementor-post-1635-css' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/css/post-1635.css?ver=1739375394' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='google-fonts-1-css' href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic%7CRoboto+Slab%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic&display=auto&ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com/" crossorigin><script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1" id="jquery-core-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1" id="jquery-migrate-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/revslider/public/assets/js/rbtools.min.js?ver=6.4.8" id="tp-tools-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/revslider/public/assets/js/rs6.min.js?ver=6.4.11" id="revmin-js"></script> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/1635" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.7.2" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://www.davidblacknyc.com/?p=1635' /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidblacknyc.com%2Fabout%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidblacknyc.com%2Fabout%2F&format=xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="Elementor 3.27.3; features: additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto"> <style> .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+4):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload), .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+4):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload) * { background-image: none !important; } @media screen and (max-height: 1024px) { .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+3):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload), .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+3):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload) * { background-image: none !important; } } @media screen and (max-height: 640px) { .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+2):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload), .e-con.e-parent:nth-of-type(n+2):not(.e-lazyloaded):not(.e-no-lazyload) * { background-image: none !important; } } </style> <meta name="generator" content="Powered by Slider Revolution 6.4.11 - responsive, Mobile-Friendly Slider Plugin for WordPress with comfortable drag and drop interface." /> <link rel="icon" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-david-black-favicon-solid-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-david-black-favicon-solid-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-david-black-favicon-solid-180x180.png" /> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-david-black-favicon-solid-270x270.png" /> <script type="text/javascript">function setREVStartSize(e){ //window.requestAnimationFrame(function() { window.RSIW = window.RSIW===undefined ? window.innerWidth : window.RSIW; window.RSIH = window.RSIH===undefined ? window.innerHeight : window.RSIH; try { var pw = document.getElementById(e.c).parentNode.offsetWidth, newh; pw = pw===0 || isNaN(pw) ? window.RSIW : pw; e.tabw = e.tabw===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.tabw); e.thumbw = e.thumbw===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.thumbw); e.tabh = e.tabh===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.tabh); e.thumbh = e.thumbh===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.thumbh); e.tabhide = e.tabhide===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.tabhide); e.thumbhide = e.thumbhide===undefined ? 0 : parseInt(e.thumbhide); e.mh = e.mh===undefined || e.mh=="" || e.mh==="auto" ? 0 : parseInt(e.mh,0); if(e.layout==="fullscreen" || e.l==="fullscreen") newh = Math.max(e.mh,window.RSIH); else{ e.gw = Array.isArray(e.gw) ? e.gw : [e.gw]; for (var i in e.rl) if (e.gw[i]===undefined || e.gw[i]===0) e.gw[i] = e.gw[i-1]; e.gh = e.el===undefined || e.el==="" || (Array.isArray(e.el) && e.el.length==0)? e.gh : e.el; e.gh = Array.isArray(e.gh) ? e.gh : [e.gh]; for (var i in e.rl) if (e.gh[i]===undefined || e.gh[i]===0) e.gh[i] = e.gh[i-1]; var nl = new Array(e.rl.length), ix = 0, sl; e.tabw = e.tabhide>=pw ? 0 : e.tabw; e.thumbw = e.thumbhide>=pw ? 0 : e.thumbw; e.tabh = e.tabhide>=pw ? 0 : e.tabh; e.thumbh = e.thumbhide>=pw ? 0 : e.thumbh; for (var i in e.rl) nl[i] = e.rl[i]<window.RSIW ? 0 : e.rl[i]; sl = nl[0]; for (var i in nl) if (sl>nl[i] && nl[i]>0) { sl = nl[i]; ix=i;} var m = pw>(e.gw[ix]+e.tabw+e.thumbw) ? 1 : (pw-(e.tabw+e.thumbw)) / (e.gw[ix]); newh = (e.gh[ix] * m) + (e.tabh + e.thumbh); } if(window.rs_init_css===undefined) window.rs_init_css = document.head.appendChild(document.createElement("style")); document.getElementById(e.c).height = newh+"px"; window.rs_init_css.innerHTML += "#"+e.c+"_wrapper { height: "+newh+"px }"; } catch(e){ console.log("Failure at Presize of Slider:" + e) } //}); };</script> <style type="text/css" id="wp-custom-css"> #qodef-page-footer .widget_media_image img { width: 100%; } .qodef-e.qodef-info--social-share, .qodef-portfolio-single .qodef-portfolio-info .qodef-e.qodef-info--date { display: none; } img.mfp-img { max-height: 80vh!important; } .qodef-portfolio-list.qodef-item-layout--info-on-hover .qodef-e-content-inner {background-color:#90bfd5;} .qodef-page-title .qodef-m-title { color: #ffffff; text-shadow: 0px 0px 20px rgb(0 0 0 / 40%), -4px -2px 20px rgb(0 0 0 / 30%), 8px 11px 23px rgb(0 0 0 / 30%), -8px -8px 23px rgb(0 0 0 / 40%); } .qodef-page-title .qodef-parallax-content-holder { background: radial-gradient( 250px 90px at center, #0f2635, transparent ); } #qodef-page-header .qodef-header-logo-link.qodef-height--not-set img { width: 100%; } .qodef-button.qodef-layout--textual .qodef-m-text { font-size: 20px; } h6.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-default { font-size: 18px; } .italics.qodef-testimonials-list .qodef-e-text, .qodef-testimonials-list .qodef-e-text { font-style: italic; } .qodef-page-title .qodef-breadcrumbs a, .qodef-page-title .qodef-breadcrumbs span { font-size: 20px; } .elementor-widget-slider_revolution .qodef-button.qodef-html--link { font-size: 20px; background-color: #000; } .quotes a { border-bottom: 1px solid #6ec1e4; } .quotes a:hover { color: #6ec1e4; } </style> </head> <body class="page-template-default page page-id-1635 qode-framework-1.1.5 qodef-qi--no-touch qi-addons-for-elementor-1.8.9 qodef-back-to-top--enabled qodef-content-grid-1300 qodef-header--standard qodef-header-appearance--sticky qodef-mobile-header--standard qodef-drop-down-second--full-width qodef-drop-down-second--animate-height lekker-core-1.2 lekker-1.3 qodef-header-standard--right qodef-search--covers-header elementor-default elementor-kit-120 elementor-page elementor-page-1635" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage"> <div id="qodef-page-wrapper" class=""> <header id="qodef-page-header"> <div id="qodef-page-header-inner" > <a itemprop="url" class="qodef-header-logo-link qodef-height--not-set" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/" rel="home"> <img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-6-21-1.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--main" alt="logo main" /> <img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-6-21-1.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--dark" alt="logo dark" /> <img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-rev.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--light" alt="logo light" /></a> <nav class="qodef-header-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="Top Menu"> <ul id="menu-david-black-1" class="menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5191"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/portfolio/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Portfolio</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-1635 current_page_item menu-item-5019"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/about/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">About</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5498"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/acclaim/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Acclaim</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6835"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/books/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Books</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5020"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/exhibitions/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Exhibitions</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5021"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/press/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Press</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5022"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/contact/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Contact</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="qodef-widget-holder"> <div id="lekker_core_side_area_opener-2" class="widget widget_lekker_core_side_area_opener qodef-header-widget-area-one" data-area="header-widget-one"><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="qodef-opener-icon qodef-m qodef-source--predefined qodef-side-area-opener" style="color: #1f1f1f;;margin: 0 0 0 13px" > <span class="qodef-m-icon qodef--open"> <span class="qodef-m-lines"><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--1"></span><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--2"></span></span> </span> </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="qodef-header-sticky "> <div class="qodef-header-sticky-inner "> <a itemprop="url" class="qodef-header-logo-link qodef-height--not-set" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/" rel="home"> <img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-6-21-1.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--sticky" alt="logo sticky" /></a> <nav class="qodef-header-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="Top Menu"> <ul id="menu-david-black-2" class="menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5191"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/portfolio/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Portfolio</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-1635 current_page_item menu-item-5019"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/about/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">About</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5498"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/acclaim/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Acclaim</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6835"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/books/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Books</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5020"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/exhibitions/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Exhibitions</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5021"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/press/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Press</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5022"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/contact/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Contact</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="qodef-widget-holder"> <div id="lekker_core_side_area_opener-4" class="widget widget_lekker_core_side_area_opener qodef-sticky-right"><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="qodef-opener-icon qodef-m qodef-source--predefined qodef-side-area-opener" style="margin: 0 0 0 13px" > <span class="qodef-m-icon qodef--open"> <span class="qodef-m-lines"><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--1"></span><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--2"></span></span> </span> </a></div> </div> </div> </div></header><header id="qodef-page-mobile-header"> <div id="qodef-page-mobile-header-inner"> <div class="qodef-page-mobile-header-logo-opener"> <a itemprop="url" class="qodef-mobile-header-logo-link" href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/" style="height:50px" rel="home"> <img width="71" height="50" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-50h.png" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--main" alt="logo main" /> <img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-rev.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--dark" alt="logo dark" /><img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-rev.svg" class="qodef-header-logo-image qodef--light" alt="logo light" /></a><a class="qodef-mobile-header-opener" href="#"> <span class="qodef-m-lines"> <span class="qodef-m-line qodef--1"></span> <span class="qodef-m-line qodef--2"></span> </span> </a></div> <nav class="qodef-mobile-header-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="Mobile Menu"> <ul id="menu-mobile-menu-1" class="qodef-content-grid"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4763"><a href="#"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Home.</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5631"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/portfolio/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Portfolio</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5632"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/acclaim/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Acclaim</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5633"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/exhibitions/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Exhibitions</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5634"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/press/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Press</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5635"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/contact/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">Contact</span></a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-1635 current_page_item menu-item-5636"><a href="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/about/"><span class="qodef-menu-item-text">About</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </header> <div id="qodef-page-outer"> <div class="qodef-page-title qodef-m qodef-title--standard qodef-alignment--center qodef-vertical-alignment--header-bottom qodef--has-image qodef-image--parallax qodef-parallax"> <div class="qodef-m-inner"> <div class="qodef-parallax-img-holder"><div class="qodef-parallax-img-wrapper"><img width="2560" height="2053" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-scaled.jpg" class="qodef-parallax-img" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-336x269.jpg 336w, https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-771x618.jpg 771w, https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-768x616.jpg 768w, https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-1536x1232.jpg 1536w, https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olive-Grove-with-Les-Alpilles-1-1991-2048x1642.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></div></div><div class="qodef-m-content qodef-content-grid qodef-parallax-content-holder"> <h1 class="qodef-m-title entry-title"> About </h1> </div> </div> </div> <div id="qodef-page-inner" class="qodef-content-grid"><main id="qodef-page-content" class="qodef-grid qodef-layout--template "> <div class="qodef-grid-inner clear"> <div class="qodef-grid-item qodef-page-content-section qodef-col--12"> <div data-elementor-type="wp-page" data-elementor-id="1635" class="elementor elementor-1635" data-elementor-post-type="page"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20b9a54 elementor-section-full_width qodef-elementor-content-grid elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="20b9a54" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-569e814" data-id="569e814" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-95dd3df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="95dd3df" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h6 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">About</h6> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4adb19a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="4adb19a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3><span style="line-height: 46px;">David Black<br></span><h4><span style="line-height: 46px;">1931 – 2022</span></h4></h3> <div><br></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ccb1de2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-lekker_core_image_with_text" data-id="ccb1de2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="lekker_core_image_with_text.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-image-with-text qodef-layout--text-below qodef-outline-image "> <div class="qodef-m-image-inner-holder"> <div class="qodef-m-image"> <span class="qodef-m-original-image"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1019-STN-David-Black-artist-hh-30-scaled-400x400.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="400" data-ratio="1" /> </span> </div> </div> <div class="qodef-m-content"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b8881d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="b8881d6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small">Photo Credit: Harold Hanka</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbf1a95" data-id="dbf1a95" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-68dd25e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="68dd25e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>David Black did not intend to become an artist. He had been a violinist, opera singer, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, actor, director, playwright, and author. In 1984, a collection of his drawings found their way to London’s Royal Academy artists John Hoyland and Patrick Caulfield, and both were immediately taken with Mr. Black’s innate skill. With their encouragement, Mr. Black fully applied himself to painting, remaining steadfastly self-taught throughout his life.</p><p>In 1988 Frederick Gore, Head of the Exhibition Committee of the Royal Academy, visited Black’s studio in New York. Gore selected forty of Black’s paintings for a solo exhibition in London which opened in 1990. In his introduction to the exhibition Gore wrote, “David Black is a serious painter and his paintings are fun. He paints what he likes, he paints what he has seen and he paints it with a sure sense of comedy, really wild comedy, but just too perceptive and observant to be called satire.” <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Gore called Black “an extraordinary natural talent and a voracious observer of humanity.”</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4b52fed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="4b52fed" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Mr. Black was a native New Yorker,</h3> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca1f592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ca1f592" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">and the city’s landscapes, crowds, and intimate gatherings were favorite subjects.  These works move easily between frantic energy and quiet reflection.  He was able to create a definite sense of place.  This ability to capture the essential feel of an environment is clear in his paintings set in England, France, Morocco, Italy and Turkey. Closer to home, Las Vegas’ crass and raucous energy is instantly recognizable.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mr. Black once said, “All of my paintings are influenced by my years in theater. And, what interests me most is when you actually see the drama and conflict between the colors.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In all of his work, Mr. Black was sharply focused on the emotional world of his subjects.  His paintings often told stories, but their center was always affective, always the swirling color of feeling.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4f8dfb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-lekker_core_button" data-id="4f8dfb0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="lekker_core_button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-button qodef-layout--textual qodef-html--link" href="/portfolio/" target="_self" > <span class="qodef-m-text">View David's Portfolio</span> <span class="qodef-m-lines"></span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2b6b3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="2b6b3eb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><br>Tunisian Collaborative Painting</h3> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6d797ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6d797ba" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Mr. Black was invited to Tunis through the Department of State’s Art In Embassies program where he discovered this unique method of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_collaborative_painting"><strong>collaborative painting</strong></a>. Hillary Rodham Clinton called Mr. Black “an honorary diplomat” for introducing Tunisian Collaborative Painting to the United States. Mr. Black has trained artists in this technique in both America, France and England.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2942037789279"><strong>View a short film</strong></a> of Mr. Black working at the Art Students League in New York using this technique. </p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203611404577042303914694614"><strong>Read The Wall Street Journal article</strong></a> about Mr. Black’s sessions at the Art Students League.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3f2c4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="3f2c4cc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><br>Author</h3> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d3bdbe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d3bdbe0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Mr. Black wrote three books from his time in the theatre:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #33cccc;"><a style="color: #33cccc; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.amazon.com/Falling-off-Broadway-David-Black/dp/1631923250">Falling off Broadway</a></span></strong><b> (</b>2015), a memoir of Mr. Black’s adventures on Broadway. </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #33cccc;"><b><a style="color: #33cccc; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0020306512/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2">The Magic of Theater</a> </b></span></span>(Scribner, 1994), a collection of interviews with such theater luminaries as Stockard Channing, Christopher Walken, Liv Ullman, Joel Grey, and Frank Langella. </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #33cccc;"><b><a style="color: #33cccc; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EF4MOA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1">The Actor’s Audition</a> </b></span>(Vintage, 1990), a practical, hands-on guide, covering every aspect of the auditioning process. A must for aspiring actors. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc300bc elementor-section-full_width qodef-elementor-content-grid elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="cc300bc" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-057e705" data-id="057e705" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c149fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-lekker_core_testimonials_list" data-id="c149fc1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="lekker_core_testimonials_list.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-testimonials-list qodef-grid qodef-swiper-container qodef-gutter--normal qodef-col-num--1 qodef-slider-mousewheel--enabled qodef-item-layout--info-below qodef-responsive--predefined" data-options="{"slidesPerView":"1","spaceBetween":15,"loop":true,"autoplay":true,"speed":"8000","speedAnimation":"2000","sliderScroll":true,"slideAnimation":"","unique":6820,"outsideNavigation":"yes"}"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> David Black is a serious painter. He paints what he likes, he paints what he has seen, and he paints it with a sure sense of comedy - really wild comedy - but just too perceptive and observant to be called satire. Black is an extraordinary natural talent and a voracious observer of humanity. </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Frederick Gore </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> C.B.E., Royal Academy, London </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> David Black's paintings are playful but in no way slight. The canvases are full of 'story,' but long before they take on an illustrational overload, they become painterly. Then you try looking at them as ornament, and their content asserts itself. This must be such an excruciatingly difficult trick to pull off that one assumes that Black does it by learned instinct, like swimming. </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Anthony Haden-Guest </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> Art Critic </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> David Black is a wonderful watcher. His painting of Pool is the best I've seen since Vincent Van Gogh. His compositions are wonderfully inventive and brave: full of visual surprises. When he paints his New York background he is at the heart of his culture. One feels the pain, understanding and sympathy he feels, as one does with everything he paints. </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> John Hoyland </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> Royal Academy, London </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> Black's "...oils, bubbling with color, unabashedly tackle everything from landscape to social mores... the smug couple seated at a table in Benefit Dinner, the two old men playing chess beneath a stuffed deer's head in At the Club, the bilious crowd in The Backer's Audition are nicely observed New York vignettes." </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Grace Glueck </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> The New York Times </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> David Black's paintings Fontana di Trevi and Palio Square really capture Rome and Siena. In his Moroccan painting The Tea Lady, the setting and the depth of the background give the painting an air of mystery. His use of black in The Fruit Seller is excellent and Basket Square is daring and shows a great sense of color. Unlike some other artists, when Black paints different countries his paintings look like those countries. I also admire The Carousel. The composition and the horses and white balloons create a great sense of motion and color. The painting has a monumental quality. It belongs in a museum. </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Will Barnet </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> Artist </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> There is a commanding confidence in these paintings. The small, strikingly colored images of the vineyards of Provence echo the liberation and daring of Van Gogh's works. It would be wrong, however, to think of these paintings as slavish copies of the French Impressionist. Black's palette is immediately striking, idiosyncratic and bright, full of rich primary colors, and while it shares similarities with Van Gogh's palette, it is uniquely his own. In many ways it is just as pleasurably shocking to viewers today as Van Gogh's must have been at the turn of the century... </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Sarah Stack </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> Entertainment Weekly </span> </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="qodef-e swiper-slide"> <div class="qodef-e-inner"> <div class="qodef-e-content"> <h1 itemprop="name" class="qodef-e-title entry-title" > Art Acclaim </h1> <p itemprop="description" class="qodef-e-text"> The output by New Yorker David Black for this, his first UK exhibition, splits fairly naturally into landscape oils and acrylics and groups of heavily caricatured figures, almost gestural and filled with a childlike surprise. Works such as Hors d'oeuvres, and Maimonides Convention are obvious quick-fire, humorous comment on a slice of society known to the artist...Black's inspirational approach works when design combines with colour intensity like in the two Deauville paintings, or Indian Bathers, Benares where the overall pattern of figures strongly suggests the exotic generosity of Hindu temple carving. Spring in Union Square shows a marked handling of primary colours without resultant rawness, becoming one of the most appealing works here, while Trees on the Road in Spring, a thinly painted oil, exceptionally displays that elusive luminosity. For various reasons I liked Farmer's Market, At the Circus, Turkish Island, and The Mill House, North Stonington, but best of all is the wholly Post-Impressionist oil Rhododendrons and Azaleas. In this Black has taken a subject so loved by amateurs, and turned it into a monumental, powerfully impastoed, succinctly coloured, masterpiece. </p> <p class="qodef-e-author"> <span class="qodef-e-author-name"> Ray Rushton </span> <span class="qodef-e-author-job"> Arts Review </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next swiper-button-outside swiper-button-next-6820"><span class="qodef-swiper-lines"></span><span class="qodef-swiper-label">Next</span></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev swiper-button-outside swiper-button-prev-6820"><span class="qodef-swiper-lines"></span><span class="qodef-swiper-label">Prev</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3c06ee6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-lekker_core_button" data-id="3c06ee6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="lekker_core_button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-button qodef-layout--filled qodef-size--large qodef-html--link" href="/acclaim/" target="_self" style="font-size: 20px"> <span class="qodef-m-text">Acclaim</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> </div> <footer id="qodef-page-footer" > <div id="qodef-page-footer-top-area"> <div id="qodef-page-footer-top-area-inner" class="qodef-content-grid"> <div class="qodef-grid qodef-layout--columns qodef-responsive--custom qodef-col-num--3 qodef-col-num--768--1 qodef-col-num--680--1 qodef-col-num--480--1"> <div class="qodef-grid-inner clear"> <div class="qodef-grid-item"> </div> <div class="qodef-grid-item"> <div id="media_image-2" class="widget widget_media_image" data-area="footer_top_area_column_2"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/David-Black-Logo-rev.svg" class="image wp-image-4961 attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" decoding="async" /></div> </div> <div class="qodef-grid-item"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer><a id="qodef-back-to-top" href="#"> <span class="qodef-btn-background"> <span class="qodef-m-nav-lines"></span> <span class="qodef-back-to-top-text"> Back To Top </span> </span> </a> <div id="qodef-side-area" > <a href="javascript:void(0)" id="qodef-side-area-close" class="qodef-opener-icon qodef-m qodef-source--predefined" > <span class="qodef-m-icon qodef--open"> <span class="qodef-m-lines"><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--1"></span><span class="qodef-m-line qodef--2"></span></span> </span> </a> <div id="qodef-side-area-inner"> <div id="lekker_core_separator-13" class="widget widget_lekker_core_separator" data-area="side-area"><div class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-separator clear "> <div class="qodef-m-line" style="border-color: rgba(10,10,10,0);margin-top: 11px"></div> </div></div><div id="media_image-3" class="widget widget_media_image" data-area="side-area"><img width="119" height="66" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/david-black-rev.png" class="image wp-image-5012 attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" decoding="async" /></div><div id="text-3" class="widget widget_text" data-area="side-area"> <div class="textwidget"><p>David Black (1931-2022) was an artist and Fulbright Grant Recipient. His paintings are exhibited nationally and internationally, and they have hung in the residences of U.S. ambassadors under the ART in Embassies Program of the U.S. State Department. A book of his drawings is in the permanent collection of The Guggenheim Museum.</p> </div> </div><div id="lekker_core_separator-15" class="widget widget_lekker_core_separator" data-area="side-area"><div class="qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-separator clear "> <div class="qodef-m-line" style="border-bottom-width: 0px;margin-bottom: -2px"></div> </div></div><div id="text-4" class="widget widget_text" data-area="side-area"><h5 class="qodef-widget-title">Contact</h5> <div class="textwidget"><p><a href="mailto:ContactDavidBlack@Gmail.com">ContactDavidBlack@gmail.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> const lazyloadRunObserver = () => { const lazyloadBackgrounds = document.querySelectorAll( `.e-con.e-parent:not(.e-lazyloaded)` ); const lazyloadBackgroundObserver = new IntersectionObserver( ( entries ) => { entries.forEach( ( entry ) => { if ( entry.isIntersecting ) { let lazyloadBackground = entry.target; if( lazyloadBackground ) { lazyloadBackground.classList.add( 'e-lazyloaded' ); } lazyloadBackgroundObserver.unobserve( entry.target ); } }); }, { rootMargin: '200px 0px 200px 0px' } ); lazyloadBackgrounds.forEach( ( lazyloadBackground ) => { lazyloadBackgroundObserver.observe( lazyloadBackground ); } ); }; const events = [ 'DOMContentLoaded', 'elementor/lazyload/observe', ]; events.forEach( ( event ) => { document.addEventListener( event, lazyloadRunObserver ); } ); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?ver=4d63a3d491d11ffd8ac6" id="wp-hooks-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ver=5e580eb46a90c2b997e6" id="wp-i18n-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="wp-i18n-js-after"> /* <![CDATA[ */ wp.i18n.setLocaleData( { 'text direction\u0004ltr': [ 'ltr' ] } ); /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/swv/js/index.js?ver=6.0.3" id="swv-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="contact-form-7-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = { "api": { "root": "https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-json\/", "namespace": "contact-form-7\/v1" } }; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/index.js?ver=6.0.3" id="contact-form-7-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/core.min.js?ver=1.13.3" id="jquery-ui-core-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="qi-addons-for-elementor-script-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var qodefQiAddonsGlobal = {"vars":{"adminBarHeight":0,"iconArrowLeft":"<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 34.2 32.3\" xml:space=\"preserve\" style=\"stroke-width: 2;\"><line x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"16\" x2=\"33.5\" y2=\"16\"\/><line x1=\"0.3\" y1=\"16.5\" x2=\"16.2\" y2=\"0.7\"\/><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"15.4\" x2=\"16.2\" y2=\"31.6\"\/><\/svg>","iconArrowRight":"<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 34.2 32.3\" xml:space=\"preserve\" style=\"stroke-width: 2;\"><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"16\" x2=\"33\" y2=\"16\"\/><line x1=\"17.3\" y1=\"0.7\" x2=\"33.2\" y2=\"16.5\"\/><line x1=\"17.3\" y1=\"31.6\" x2=\"33.5\" y2=\"15.4\"\/><\/svg>","iconClose":"<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9.1 9.1\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><path d=\"M8.5,0L9,0.6L5.1,4.5L9,8.5L8.5,9L4.5,5.1L0.6,9L0,8.5L4,4.5L0,0.6L0.6,0L4.5,4L8.5,0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg>"}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/js/main.min.js?ver=1.8.9" id="qi-addons-for-elementor-script-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/plugins/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.jquery.min.js?ver=6.7.2" id="perfect-scrollbar-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent.min.js?ver=1.10.2" id="hoverIntent-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/plugins/jquery/jquery.easing.1.3.js?ver=6.7.2" id="jquery-easing-1.3-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/plugins/modernizr/modernizr.js?ver=6.7.2" id="modernizr-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/plugins/tweenmax/tweenmax.min.js?ver=6.7.2" id="tweenmax-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="lekker-main-min-js-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var qodefGlobal = {"vars":{"adminBarHeight":0,"qodefStickyHeaderScrollAmount":510,"topAreaHeight":0,"restUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-json\/","paginationRestRoute":"lekker\/v1\/get-posts","paginationNonce":"0c4c45aa4b","headerHeight":110,"mobileHeaderHeight":70}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/js/main.min.js?ver=6.7.2" id="lekker-main-min-js-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/assets/js/lekker-core.min.js?ver=6.7.2" id="lekker-core-script-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/plugins/waitforimages/jquery.waitforimages.js?ver=6.7.2" id="jquery-waitforimages-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/plugins/appear/jquery.appear.js?ver=6.7.2" id="jquery-appear-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/assets/plugins/swiper/8.4.5/swiper.min.js?ver=8.4.5" id="swiper-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/themes/lekker/assets/plugins/magnific-popup/jquery.magnific-popup.min.js?ver=6.7.2" id="jquery-magnific-popup-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/inc/masonry/assets/js/plugins/isotope.pkgd.min.js?ver=3.0.6" id="isotope-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/inc/masonry/assets/js/plugins/packery-mode.pkgd.min.js?ver=2.0.1" id="packery-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/js/webpack.runtime.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="elementor-webpack-runtime-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/js/frontend-modules.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="elementor-frontend-modules-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="elementor-frontend-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var elementorFrontendConfig = {"environmentMode":{"edit":false,"wpPreview":false,"isScriptDebug":false},"i18n":{"shareOnFacebook":"Share on Facebook","shareOnTwitter":"Share on Twitter","pinIt":"Pin it","download":"Download","downloadImage":"Download image","fullscreen":"Fullscreen","zoom":"Zoom","share":"Share","playVideo":"Play Video","previous":"Previous","next":"Next","close":"Close","a11yCarouselPrevSlideMessage":"Previous slide","a11yCarouselNextSlideMessage":"Next slide","a11yCarouselFirstSlideMessage":"This is the first slide","a11yCarouselLastSlideMessage":"This is the last slide","a11yCarouselPaginationBulletMessage":"Go to slide"},"is_rtl":false,"breakpoints":{"xs":0,"sm":480,"md":768,"lg":1025,"xl":1440,"xxl":1600},"responsive":{"breakpoints":{"mobile":{"label":"Mobile Portrait","value":767,"default_value":767,"direction":"max","is_enabled":true},"mobile_extra":{"label":"Mobile Landscape","value":880,"default_value":880,"direction":"max","is_enabled":false},"tablet":{"label":"Tablet Portrait","value":1024,"default_value":1024,"direction":"max","is_enabled":true},"tablet_extra":{"label":"Tablet Landscape","value":1200,"default_value":1200,"direction":"max","is_enabled":false},"laptop":{"label":"Laptop","value":1366,"default_value":1366,"direction":"max","is_enabled":false},"widescreen":{"label":"Widescreen","value":2400,"default_value":2400,"direction":"min","is_enabled":false}},"hasCustomBreakpoints":false},"version":"3.27.3","is_static":false,"experimentalFeatures":{"additional_custom_breakpoints":true,"e_swiper_latest":true,"e_onboarding":true,"theme_builder_v2":true,"home_screen":true,"landing-pages":true,"editor_v2":true,"link-in-bio":true,"floating-buttons":true},"urls":{"assets":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","uploadUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-content\/uploads"},"nonces":{"floatingButtonsClickTracking":"afb955e8f2"},"swiperClass":"swiper","settings":{"page":[],"editorPreferences":[]},"kit":{"active_breakpoints":["viewport_mobile","viewport_tablet"],"global_image_lightbox":"yes","lightbox_enable_counter":"yes","lightbox_enable_fullscreen":"yes","lightbox_enable_zoom":"yes","lightbox_enable_share":"yes","lightbox_title_src":"title","lightbox_description_src":"description"},"post":{"id":1635,"title":"About%20-%20David%20Black","excerpt":"","featuredImage":false}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/js/frontend.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="elementor-frontend-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/qi-addons-for-elementor/inc/plugins/elementor/assets/js/elementor.js?ver=6.7.2" id="qi-addons-for-elementor-elementor-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="lekker-core-elementor-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var qodefElementorGlobal = {"vars":{"elementorSectionHandler":[]}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/lekker-core/inc/plugins/elementor/assets/js/elementor.js?ver=6.7.2" id="lekker-core-elementor-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor-pro/assets/js/webpack-pro.runtime.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="elementor-pro-webpack-runtime-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="elementor-pro-frontend-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var ElementorProFrontendConfig = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"baca7a761c","urls":{"assets":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/","rest":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-json\/"},"settings":{"lazy_load_background_images":true},"popup":{"hasPopUps":false},"shareButtonsNetworks":{"facebook":{"title":"Facebook","has_counter":true},"twitter":{"title":"Twitter"},"linkedin":{"title":"LinkedIn","has_counter":true},"pinterest":{"title":"Pinterest","has_counter":true},"reddit":{"title":"Reddit","has_counter":true},"vk":{"title":"VK","has_counter":true},"odnoklassniki":{"title":"OK","has_counter":true},"tumblr":{"title":"Tumblr"},"digg":{"title":"Digg"},"skype":{"title":"Skype"},"stumbleupon":{"title":"StumbleUpon","has_counter":true},"mix":{"title":"Mix"},"telegram":{"title":"Telegram"},"pocket":{"title":"Pocket","has_counter":true},"xing":{"title":"XING","has_counter":true},"whatsapp":{"title":"WhatsApp"},"email":{"title":"Email"},"print":{"title":"Print"},"x-twitter":{"title":"X"},"threads":{"title":"Threads"}},"facebook_sdk":{"lang":"en_US","app_id":""},"lottie":{"defaultAnimationUrl":"https:\/\/www.davidblacknyc.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/modules\/lottie\/assets\/animations\/default.json"}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor-pro/assets/js/frontend.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="elementor-pro-frontend-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.davidblacknyc.com/wp-content/plugins/elementor-pro/assets/js/elements-handlers.min.js?ver=3.27.3" id="pro-elements-handlers-js"></script> </body> </html>