Louis Jessup Delsarte III (September 1, 1944 – May 2, 2020) was an African-American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American] artist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist] known for what has sometimes been called his "illusionistic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion]"[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Delsarte#cite_note-1] style. He was a painter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting], muralist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural], printmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printmaker], and illustrator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrator]. When Delsarte was growing up, he was surrounded by music including jazz [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz], opera [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera], musicals [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre], and the blues [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_blues]. From this experience, as well as from his knowledge of African [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa] history and culture, he has drawn much of the inspiration for his art. Delsarte was a professor of Fine Arts at Morehouse College [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehouse_College] in Atlanta, Georgia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta]. For the past 13 years his work has been exhibited around the United States [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States].