Freedom, that terrible word inscribed on the chariot of the storm, is the motivating principle of all revolutions. Albert Camus, The Rebel His given name was Roy Dale Billy. That’s all his mother, his wife, and his first-born son ever called him. Everyone else called him Lightning. Some say it was because he was fast, …
Today, is the final day to see The Eye of Lightning Billy by Harold Stevenson on exhibit at the Jewish Museum of New York. During the exhibit, back in June, 2022, Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York, wrote a story about Detra Denise. It was an amazingly familiar story to me. Maybe, because …
Where Hochatown Was (1978) by Harold Stevenson The painting was completed nearly ten years after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounded the free-flowing Mountain Fork River as part of the federal flood control act. Hochatown was a close-knit community. Legend says it was first settled by the “Hocha” family of Choctaw Indians from the …
1962 Venice Biennale In 1962, Paris gallery owner, Iris Clert, rents a Grand Canal palazzo belonging to Count Leonardo Arrivabene Valenti Gonzagal for her Piccola Biennale. Credited with representing Yves Klein, Tinguely, and Harold Stevenson, she said of Stevenson “A new Michelangelo, I adore him” (LIFE magazine, July 30, 1962 International Edition). LIFE tends to …
[Image via the Guggenheim] It was early fall of 1962 and Harold Stevenson was experiencing one of his most productive years as a working artist. He was in a relationship with Lord Timothy Willoughby. As with modern day couples, the two struggled to find balance between their home life and dedication to their careers. Willoughby …