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/
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
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
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/
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”
Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999),
African-American artist and educator
https://pffcollection.com/artists/hughie-lee-smith/
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/
Jackie Ormes (1911-1985), First African-American Female Syndicated Cartoonist
http://theweeklychallenger.com/jackie-ormes-the-first-professional-african-american-woman-cartoonist/
Torchy in Heartbeats / The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Prominent African-American artist and writer
https://beardenfoundation.org/romare-bearden/
Sunday After Sermon / 1969 / Collage on cardboard / 40”x50”
Norman Lewis (1909-1979), African-American painter, scholar, and teacher
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/norman-lewis-2921
Evening Rendezvous / 1962 / Oil on linen / 50 1/4”x64 1/4”
Henry Wilmer “Mike” Bannarn
(1910-1965)
African-American sculptor, figurist, and character artist
https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/henry-bannarn.html
Cleota Collins / 1932 / Plaster, pigment / 17 5/16”x8 3/4”x7 1/4”
Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998)
African-American painter, educator, and champion of international black artists
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lois-Mailou-Jones
Jeanne, Martiniquaise / 1938 / Oil on canvas / 24”x28 1/2”
Elmer Simms Campbell (1906-1971)
First African-American illustrator to break the color line in mass-market publications
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/simms_campbell_e.htm
Richmond Barthé (1901-1989)
African-American sculptor with many notable public works
http://thejohnsoncollection.org/richmond-barthe/
Head of a Woman / date? / Bronze / 15”x9x8 1/2”
William H. Johnson (1901-1970)
African-American expressionist painter and printmaker
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/william-h-johnson-2486
Training for War / c.1941 / Screenprint and pochoir with hand additions / 11 7/16”x17 3/8″
Selma Burke (1900-1995)
African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance
https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/04/21/sculptor-selma-burke/
Untitled (Woman and Child) / c.1950 / Painted red oak / 47 1/8”x12 3/4”x11 3/4”
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
African-American modernist painter
http://blackhistorynow.com/beauford-delaney/
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald / 1968 / Oil on canvas / 24”x19.5”
The Misty Miss Christy 