In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.

His father was gifted at drawing as well, wooing Alston's mother with small sketches in the medians of letters he wrote her.

Alston's step-father, Henry Bearden, left before his wife and children to secure a job overseeing elevator operations and the newsstand staff at the Bretton Hotel in the Upper West Side.

Alston's teaching style was influenced by the work of John Dewey, Arthur Wesley Dow, and Thomas Munro.

The Art Student's League created a 21-year merit scholarship in 1977 under Alston's name to commemorate each year of his tenure.

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.

Later family portraits show Alston's exploration of religious symbolism, color, form and space.

In Family Group ( c. 1950 ) Alston's use of grey and ochre tones brings together the parents and son as if one with geometric patterns connecting them together as if a puzzle.

The simplicity of the look, style and emotion upon the family is reflective and probably inspired by Alston's trip south.

Jazz was an important influence in Alston's work and socila life, representing itself in other works like Jazz ( 1950 ) and Harlem at Night.

Symbol ( 1953 ) relates to Picasso's Guernica, which was a favorite work of Alston's.

Black and White # 1 ( 1959 ) is one of Alston's more " monumental " works.

In the beginning Charles Alston's mural work was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, the latter who he met when they did mural work in New York.

Alston's murals were hung in the Women's Pavilion of the hospital over uncapped radiators which caused the paintings to deteriorate from the steam.

After Alston's death in 1977 a committee was formed, unable to raise funds for conservation on the original murals.

A grant from Alston's sister Rousmaniere Wilson and step-sister Aida Bearden Winters assisted in completing a restoration of the works in 1993.

In 2005 Harlem Hospital announced a $ 2 million project to conserve Alston's murals and three other pieces in the original commissioned project as part of a $ 225 million dollar hospital expansion.

In 1990 Alston's bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1970 ), became the first image of an African American displayed in the White House.

Patron Lemoine Pierce said of Alston's work: " Never thought of as an innovative artist, Alston generally ignored popular art trends and violated many mainstream art conventions ; he produced abstract and figurative paintings often simultaneously, refusing to be stylistically consistent, and during his 40-year career he worked prolifically and unapologetically in both commercial and fine art.

Article about Alston's Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House.

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