Me too!

@@mydearvalerie You too

It is nice, I agree

Yes, love it

Good job 👍

:19 He says he bought the box for 45.00. The painting was among the things in the box

I agree. Those colours are special.

Tim Ohail It means he is going to sell it at auction instead of putting it on eBay. He wants a good outcome.

@@elainehelms4076 Ah

Yeah, I don't care what race an artist is. This artist is an American, not only a man of African descent. He's talented, regardless of any label.

Yep.

@@theagespot9717 Who says he's of African descent? All I know is his skin color now which makes NO difference when it comes to talent or accomplishment.

lmao. It's an important historical fact from the time period when things weren't as simple as they were now. So yes, we have to point that out.

Agreed! No one refers to me as Italian-Irish American even though I am 3rd generation American-born. African Americans are Americans.

N B that's not what this means. It's the PC way of saying someone is black. It has nothing to do with country of origin. Or else we would have to say Nigerian American or Kenyan American etc etc

Bob England I disagree. Pretending like cultural differences don't exist is actually more racist than simply acknowledging it. There is a long and well-known struggle of Blacks in America. That struggle infused much of their art, cooking, and music. Let's not homogenize everything so you can feel comfortable being in your liberal "know zone". BTW "segregation" was outlawed, so saying someone is black or african american is not segregation.

@@elleh3495 Exactly this. Except OP is not pushing some liberal know zone as you put it It's racist code for, Get over it already. Slavery's been gone 150 years. So we're gonna ignore where you came from. (Jim Crow and lynchings are only small footnotes to them) It's the racists attempt to dispel the genetic and social inheritance of generational traumas and abuse and snuffs out any thought of reparations even tho this country's wealth was built on their backs Tho I will give them this - the families descendant of Slaves havr been in this country longer than almost everybody else which makes then more American than most of us and this country and makes America their country as much as anybody else. And I am as liberal as they come. This is my know zone.

Don't be one of those people....... He was a black guy living in America during a time of huge social changes, so the environment he lived through is highly relevant to his life and art story. FFS

@@jakecooper5855 Exactly. The pigment of your skill doesn't impact one's ability to paint, but it does impact your social mobility and your ability to become recognized. In that sense external traits (class, race, sexuality, etc) are relevant.

It is necessary because ARS is shown on PBS ! PBS IS THE CHANNEL OF WHITE LIBERAL GUILT! IT IS ANOTHER MOUTHPIECE OF THE DEMOCRATS.

PlanetRockJesus painting while black

Historical context. My mother was an acquaintance of Benny through other artists on Cape Cod and NYC and I clearly remember that he strongly identified with and was inextricably influenced by his background. It was him.He was proud of his blood. Nothing wrong with that.

Roger Grose The people who work for AR are specialists in their field. They know what they are doing.

@@elainehelms4076 and so am I.........

@@915buck What is your field of specialty, Roger?

Why not $10,000? You mean it will get more? Most us of us here may not be art buffs but given the positive reactions here, and this AR appraisal, I don't see why not. Oh, I think I see now from a later comment. Is it because he was black? So perhaps this appraisal may be too low compared to if it were a white artist that'd perhaps be lauded for his technique?

No it dosent. I'm so sick of virtue signallers.

​@@kathyflorcruz552 If you took a minute to think about it, in this case it absolutely does. Its a black artist in the 1950s, and one that became successful and appreciated.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A wonderful life lesson!