| artsmia: Exhibitions: Beauford Delaney (196 words) |
 | Founded in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask, Yaddo was intended to support and nurture the talents of writers, painters, composers, and other creative artists. |
| Delaney formed ong-term friendships with the writers Elizabeth Bishop, May Swenson, and Jane Mayhall on this, his first of two visits to Yaddo.Of all Delaney's self-portraits, this one executed at Yaddo is the only one in which Delaney portrays himself in an unmistakable state of contentment. |
| His two visits to the art colony (the second occurring in November 1951) were the only times in the artist's impoverished life that he did not have to worry about keeping a roof over his head. |
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