1943 / Oil on canvas / 34”x48 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
Previous November 27 posts:
November 27~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/27~
c.1948 / Oil on canvas / 20”x16” / Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC
Previous November 10 posts:
November 10~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/10~
“In this quilt, Baltimore artist Stephen Towns shows us the hours before the uprising began”
2016 / Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread,
crystal glass beads, resin and metal buttons / 35”x28 1/2”
Image belongs to the artist, photograph by Joseph Hyde
Previous October 30 posts:
Autumn~ October 30
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/30~
2013 / Lithograph on Somerset paper / 15”x18” / Various, incl. Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC / Published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, as part of an additional suite of 4 lithographs to accompany the book “Porgy & Bess, The Libretto” by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin with 16 lithographs by Kara Walker
Previous October 10 posts:
Autumn~ October 10
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/10~
1875 / Carved marble / 52 5/8”x15 1/4”x17 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
Previous September 17 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 17
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/17~
1964 / Ink and charcoal on paper / 71 7/16”x40 1/16” / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing~ https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm
Previous September 15 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 15
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/15~
1972 / Offset lithograph / 21 5/8”x27 3/8” / Various collections
Previous September 9 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 9
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/9~
Cartoon published in the Baltimore Afro-American, June 20, 1936
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center, Baltimore
Previous August 13 posts:
Self Portraits~August 13
George Luks: Born August 13, 1867
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/13~
1972 / Acrylic on canvas / 69 1/4”x57 1/8” / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Previous August 6 posts:
Self Portraits~August 6
August 6, 1945: Enola Gay drops 5-ton bomb over Hiroshima
Andy Warhol: Born August 6, 1928
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/6~
Commissioned for the Texas Centennial Exposition’s Hall of Negro Life,
which was officially dedicated on June 19, 1936, in honor of Juneteenth
1936 / Oil On Canvas / 60”x60” / de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Previous June 19 posts:
Pride Month~ June 19
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/19~
