Resurrecting the Father of African|American Art
Resurrecting the Father of African-American Art - Big Think
Tanner took his critical and monetary success and used it to mentor young African-American artists seeking to follow his path in Paris—giving ...
Harlem Renaissance - National Gallery of Art
Painter Archibald John Motley Jr. (1891–1981) began his career during the 1920s as one of the first African American graduates of the School of the Art ...
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
Featured artists include Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Winold Reiss, Augusta Savage, James Van Der ...
Henry Ossawa Tanner | Smithsonian American Art Museum
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American artist who earned international acclaim for his religious paintings. His father was a prominent minister and his ...
Henry Ossawa Tanner - Wikipedia
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American ...
The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter?
Jacob Lawrence turned to African American history for much of his work including two of his multi-canvas series' of paintings, the Harriett Tubman series and ...
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle Series | PEM Virtual Tour
Reunited for the first time in more than sixty years, the Struggle paintings revive Lawrence's way of reimagining American history as shared history.
A Black British Artist Asks, “What Was Africa to the Harlem ...
Among his greatest unrealized ambitions was to establish a Harlem Museum of African Art, where the next generation of sculptors, painters, ...
A Black History Month Profile: Alain Locke, the father of the Harlem ...
In a 2019 Jerry Jazz Musician interview, Jeffrey Stewart, author of The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke and winner of the 2018 National ...
Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 Digital Archive
Artists such as Betye Saar, Melvin Edwards, Charles White, and William Pajaud were part of a generation that willed an African American art community into ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia
He used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in the black community, as well as attacks on ...
Aaron Douglas - The Kennedy Center
"The father of African art." "Dean of African-American painters." "Pioneering Africanist." All of these honorifics have been applied to Aaron Douglas.
Resurrecting the Life of a Real Aristocrat | Kirkus Reviews
Resurrecting the Life of a Real Aristocrat ... American art canon. From Rockwell's earliest ... parents were both art dealers and her father, a sculptor.
The Annunciation - Philadelphia Museum of Art
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American (active France), 1859–1937)
Resurrecting the Father of America - Story.com
Dr. William Thornton proposes a bizarre plan to bring George Washington back to life after his sudden death. Can he overcome the skepticism ...
Alma Thomas in 6 Facts and 10 Colorful Abstract Paintings
African American painter Alma Thomas is known for her mosaic-like paintings. Get to know the pioneer of abstraction in 6 facts and 10 ...
Faith Ringgold Paintings, Bio, Ideas - The Art Story
Exploring what it meant to be an African American artist, Ringgold said, "I found my artistic identity and my personal vision in the 60s by ...
Alma Woodsey Thomas | National Women's History Museum
Alma Woodsey Thomas was the first Black woman to have a show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She was also the first Black woman to have work acquired ...
One of the most highly acclaimed artists in Africa's History and foremost contemporary artists in the world. EL ANATSUI is a Ghanaian sculptor who has spent ...
Resurrecting the Forgotten Art of the AIDS Era - The New York Times
... American painter Martin Wong, who used to subsidize his income as an ... West African Fine Dining's New Era: Across the diaspora, chefs ...