Arthur Paul Bedou (1880?-1966), African-American photographer based out of New Orleans
http://www.creolegen.org/2013/07/01/the-photographer-arthur-paul-bedou-1880-1966/
Booker T. Washington on Horseback / 1915 / Gelatin silver print / 7 1/2”x9 9/16″
Clementine Hunter (c.1887–1988), Self-taught African-American folk artist
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/clementine-hunter
Bringing Cotton to the Gin / Oil on artist’s board / 16”x24”
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), First African-American painter to gain international acclaim
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ossawa-Tanner
The Annunciation / 1898 / Oil on canvas / 57”x71 1/4”
Laura Wheeler Waring (1877-1948)
African-American artist, illustrator, and educator
http://tmlarts.com/laura-wheeler-waring/
Portrait of Alma Thomas / c.1945 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25 1/8”
Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907)
Neoclassical African-American and Native American sculptor
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmonia-Lewis
Hiawatha / 1868 / Marble / 13 3/4”x7 3/4”x5 1/2”
Bill Traylor (1853/54-1949)
African-American self-taught artist
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/bill-traylor-4852
Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901), African-American painter of landscapes and pastoral subjects
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/edward-mitchell-bannister-226
Scene along the Connecticut River, Westmoreland / c.1870 / Oil on canvas / 30”x20”
Harriet Powers (1837-1910), African-American folk artist and quilt maker
https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/harriet-powers/
Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler were both born on Feb. 2 — Kreisler in 1875 and Heifetz in 1901. But the two men share more than just a birthday. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins Renee Montagne to discuss the two famous fiddlers and how they each set new standards for the art of playing the violin.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7121113
Loren MacIver
(1909–1998)
Loren MacIver …was essentially a self-taught painter, having attended classes at the Art Students League only briefly at ages ten and eleven. Her work was included in group shows at New York’s Contemporary Arts Gallery in 1933 and 1942…The Museum of Modern Art acquired one of her works in 1935, well before her first one-person exhibition in 1938 at Marian Willard’s East River Gallery. From 1936 to 1939 she worked on the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/maciver-bio.htm
Tracking Loren MacIver~ http://brooklynrail.org/2008/03/artseen/tracking
Collection at The Met~ http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!/search?artist=MacIver,%20Loren$Loren%20MacIver
Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872), Nineteenth century African-American painter
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/NQJyYinFqXw_Lw
Landscape with Rainbow / 1859 / Oil on canvas / 30”x52 1/4”
James Presley “JP” Ball (1825-1904)
African-American photographer, abolitionist, and entrepreneur
https://danishimmigrants.weebly.com/montana.html
February 1, 1964 was the day that a Beatles song hit Number One for the first time in the USA. The song was “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. The Beatles flew into JFK on February 7 and made their first appearance on Ed Sullivan two days later. And we all had a gear time!
https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/beatles
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/i-want-to-hold-your-hand-19691231
Prince Demah (c.1745 – March 1778)
African-American painter active in Boston in the late 1700s
https://outofthearchives.org/2015/01/10/prince-demah-portrait-painter
Portrait of William Duguid / 1773 / Oil on canvas / 20 3/4”x15 3/4”x1 1/8”
Joshua Johnson (c.1763-c.1824)
Biracial American painter
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/joshua-johnson-2479
Mrs. Abraham White, Jr., and Daughter Rose / 1808-09 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25 1/2”
The Misty Miss Christy 