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How many times have you been asked to donate work to a not-for-profit annual gala and auction? I personally cannot count them. How many times have you been contacted AFTER the event because someone saw your work and wants to...
Lines of Influence | SCAD Museum of Art
Lines of Influence | SCAD Museum of Art
Black History Album .... The Way We Were
Art of the Harlem Renaissance (click photo for slideshow) Works by African American painter, Archibald J. Motley, 1891-1981. Black History Album, The Way We Were Follow us on WEB TUMBLR PINTEREST...
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Mother and Child by Sargent Claude Johnson
A Closer Look at Jacob Lawrence’s “Migration Series,” the Masterpiece He Made at 23
The groundbreaking work told the story of the “Great Migration,” when over one million African-Americans left the South in hope of a better life.
Still Life, 1923 - William H. Johnson - WikiArt.org
Church on Lenox Avenue - William H. Johnson
He Painted the Feverish Nights of the Harlem Renaissance
You can almost feel the rhythm of the music through his paintbrush. Archibald Motley was one of the only artists of his time willing to vividly and positively depict African Americans in their vibrant urban culture, rather than in impoverished and rustic circumstances. Skin tone is celebrated as som
He Painted the Feverish Nights of the Harlem Renaissance
You can almost feel the rhythm of the music through his paintbrush. Archibald Motley was one of the only artists of his time willing to vividly and positively depict African Americans in their vibrant urban culture, rather than in impoverished and rustic circumstances. Skin tone is celebrated as som
Art and Literature During the Harlem Renaissance - Idea File - KET Education
Students create a poster presenting Ellis Wilson’s work with literature of the Harlem Renaissance that communicates similar meaning.
Afrofuturism, Aaron Douglas, and W.E.B. Du Bois (1920s-1930s)
Douglas’ afrofuturism could almost be described as a kind of deco-futurism, with heavy emphasis on African symbolism and history.
Winold Reiss | Interpretation of Harlem Jazz I (1925) | Artsy
From Hirschl & Adler, Winold Reiss, Interpretation of Harlem Jazz I (1925), Ink on paper, 19 7/8 × 14 7/8 in
Black Contemporary Art: Photo
Lois Mailou Jones - The Ascent of Ethiopia (1932)
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
Aaron Douglas
Separate but Equal
Aaron Douglas (American, 1899-1979). The Prodigal Son in God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson, 1927. Lithograph, lettering by C.B. Wells, New York: The Viking Press, 8 ¾ x 6 ¼ in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm). Amon Carter Museum Library, Fort Worth, Texas, (IB) NC959.D67 G6 1927 Like so many neat shorthand terms, “Harlem Renaissance” both encapsulates a time and spirit while inadvertently distorting and constraining it. “The more we learn about the Harlem Renaissance the…
Archibald Motley, Jr. | Art & Design in Chicago
The painter Archibald Motley, Jr. is famous for his paintings of his fellow African Americans in Chicago’s Bronzeville, but he himself didn’t live there. Despite – in some ways because of – his desire to address the race problem through his painting, he had a complicated relationship with his race.
Jeunesse (Youth) by Palmer Hayden | Fine Art Print
Description Shipping & Returns Explore more of our Palmer Hayden collection. Canvas prints: The most accurate option to represent an oil painting. Order canvas rolled, classic stretched (requires framing), gallery wrapped (arrives ready to hang without a frame) or as a framed canvas print in one of our exquisite mouldings. Paper prints: Heavy, bright white, matte paper with a slight "cold pressed" texture. Order as a framed paper print and it arrives ready to hang! Poster prints: Satin…