February 23~ African-American visual artists

Senga Nengudi (Born 1943)
African-American artist combining sculpture, performance, and installation
https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/senga-nengudi.html

Untitled / 1976 / Nylon, pantyhose, sand, and cardboard roll / 72”x53”x17″

 

Maren Hassinger (Born 1947)
African-American artist working in sculpture, installation, performance, and video
https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/artists/maren-hassinger/

Wrenching News (detail) / 2008; Shredded, twisted, and wrapped New York Times newspapers / 12”x72”x72”

February 22~ African-American visual artists

Barbara Chase-Riboud (Born 1939)
African-American visual artist, novelist, and poet
https://tyler.temple.edu/alumni/barbara-chase-riboud

Malcolm X #3 / 1969 / Polished bronze, rayon, and cotton / 8’ 6 1/2”x3’ 1”x2’ 8”

Purvis Young (1943-2010)
African-American artist blending painting/drawing/collage
https://www.artforum.com/news/purvis-young-1943-2010-25381

Untitled / 1985-1999 / Paint on wood / 36”x47 1/4”x1”

February 21~ African-American visual artists


Roland L. Freeman (Born 1936)
African-American photographer, teacher, and documenter of Southern folk culture
http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/105

Bikers Take a Break / 1973, printed 1982 / Gelatin silver print / 11”x13 7/8”

Edythe (Edy) Boone (Born 1938)
African-American muralist, counselor, and art teacher
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/06/04/edythe-boone-a-life-spent-inspiring-others-captured-on-film/

Those We Remember / 1995 / Mural / Located in Balmy Alley, San Francisco, California

February 20~ African-American visual artists

Faith Ringgold (Born 1930), African-American visual artist, author, illustrator, and social activist
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/faith-ringgold

Tar Beach 2 / 1990 / Multicolored screenprint on silk, printed cotton, synthetic moire / 66”x67”

Sam Gilliam (Born 1933), Innovative African-American painter, part of the Washington Color School
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/sam-gilliam-1811

10/27/69 / 1969 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 140”x185”x16″

February 19~ African-American visual artists

 

Clarence Matthew “Matt” Baker (1921-1959)
Credited as the first successful African-American comic book artist
http://cbldf.org/2016/02/profiles-in-black-cartooning-matt-baker/

Profiles in Black Cartooning: Matt Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

Betye Saar (Born 1926)
American-American artist known for assemblages and installations
https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/artists/betye-saar/

https://americanart.si.edu/blog/eye-level/2010/02/896/wishing-winter

John Thomas Biggers~ Educator, Painter and Muralist

Twentieth century artist John Thomas Biggers was an educator, painter and muralist. His travels in Africa in the 1950s influenced the depiction of social and cultural themes in his work.
John Thomas Biggers was born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1924. The youngest of seven children, Biggers enrolled in Hampton Institute where he initially studied plumbing. However, he found that his true love was art and soon changed his major.
http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/biggers-john-thomas-1924-2001#sthash.y5ZFuPZn.dpuf

Read more~
http://thejohnsoncollection.org/john-biggers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Biggers

February 18~ African-American visual artists

Charles W. White (1918-1979), African-American Social Realist painter, printmaker, and muralist
https://www.moma.org/artists/6339

Missouri C / 1972 / Etching / 19 13/16”x35 9/16″


Roy DeCarava (1919-2009),
African-American artist and photographer
https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/roy-r-decarava

Lingerie / 1950 / Gelatin silver print / 11”x14”

February 17~ African-American visual artists


Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), African-American painter, printmaker, and academic

http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/jacob-lawrence

The Photographer / 1942 / Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper / 22 1/8”x30 1/2”


Robert H. McNeill (1917-2005)
African-American photographer who chronicled Black life in the U.S.
http://www.dchistory.org/robert-h-mcneill-1917-2005/

Make A Wish (Bronx Slave Market, 170th Street, New York) / 1938 / Gelatin silver print / 7 1/2”x9 5/8”

February 16~ African-American visual artists

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Ernest Crichlow (1914-2005), African-American painter, illustrator, and graphic artist
https://bit.ly/2XAXaJp

Shoe Shine / 1953 / Oil on Masonite / 16 1/16”x12 1/16”

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Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999),
African-American artist and educator
https://pffcollection.com/artists/hughie-lee-smith/

Untitled (Maypole) / c.1955 / Oil on Masonite /19”x13 1/2″

February 15~ African-American visual artists

Gordon Parks (1912-2006), African-American photographer, writer, composer and filmmaker
http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/artist/biography

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama / 1956 / 20”x16” / Archival Pigment Print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm / 1985 / Oil on linen / 52”x64”

Felrath Hines (1913-1993), African-American abstract painter and art conservator
https://www.felrathhines.com/bio/