Tag Archives: African-American artist

January 10, 1924~ Bebop drummer Max Roach is born

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Max Roach by Jean-Michel Basquiat

1984 / Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas / 60”x60” / Private collection

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1984 NEA Jazz Master Max Roach~ https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/max-roach

Previous January 10 posts:

Winter~ January 10

Barbara Hepworth: Born January 10, 1903

David Bowie: Born Jan. 8, 1947 / Died Jan. 10, 2016

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/10~

November 27, 1910~ Pennsylvania Station opens in New York City

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Penn Station at War Time by Joseph Delaney

1943 / Oil on canvas / 34”x48 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Previous November 27 posts:

November 27~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/27~

November 10, 2005~ Harlem Renaissance painter Ernest Crichlow dies

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Woman in a Blue Coat by Ernest Crichlow

c.1948 / Oil on canvas / 20”x16” / Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC

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Previous November 10 posts:

November 10~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/10~

October 30, 1831~ Slave insurrection leader Nat Turner discovered and captured

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One Night at Cabin Pond by Stephen Towns

“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

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Previous October 30 posts:

Autumn~ October 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/30~

October 10, 1935~ Porgy and Bess opens at the Alvin Theatre in NYC

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Porgy and Bess, Embracing (detail)  by Kara Walker

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

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Previous October 10 posts:

Autumn~ October 10

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/10~

September 15, 1963~ Church bombing kills 4 young girls in Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham Totem by Charles W. White

1964 / Ink and charcoal on paper / 71 7/16”x40 1/16” / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

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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~

September 9, 1971~ Attica Prison uprising begins

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United States of Attica by Faith Ringgold

1972 / Offset lithograph / 21 5/8”x27 3/8” / Various collections

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Previous September 9 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 9

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/9~

August 13, 1892~ Baltimore Afro-American newspaper founded

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The Watch Dog by Romare Bearden

Cartoon published in the Baltimore Afro-American, June 20, 1936
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center, Baltimore

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Previous August 13 posts:

Self Portraits~August 13

George Luks: Born August 13, 1867

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/13~