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Alston shared studio space with Henry Bannarn at 306 W. 141st St, which served as an open space for artists, photographers, musicians, writers and the like.
During this time Alston founded the Harlem Artists ’ Guild with Savage and Elba Lightfoot to work towards equality in WPA art programs in New York.
Early works such as Portrait of a Man ( 1929 ) show Alston's detailed and realistic style depicted through pastels and charcoals, inspired by the style of Winold Reiss.
In his Girl in a Red Dress ( 1934 ) and The Blue Shirt ( 1935 ), he used modern and innovative techniques for his portraits of young individuals in Harlem.
During this time he also created Man Seated with Travel Bag ( c. 1938 – 40 ), showing the seedy and bleak environment, contrasting with work like the racially charged Vaudeville ( c. 1930 ) and its caricature style of a man in blackface.
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