Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #6:
I’m Leavin in the Mornin by Faith Ringgold
2004 / Acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border / 82″x65″ / Private collection
Tag Archives: Black American artists
American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 28
A Foolish Trick by Peter Williams
2018 / Oil-based enamel and pencil on canvas / 60″x72″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 27
New Beginnings by Delita Martin
2017 / Acrylic, relief printing, lithography, charcoal, decorative papers, and hand-stitching on paper
74″x54″ / Collection of Sheila C. Johnson; Photo by Joshua Asante
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 26
Sample 1 by Mark Bradford
2015 / Mixed media on canvas / 62″x48″ / Hauser & Wirth art galleries
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 23
Behind the Myth of Benevolence by Titus Kaphar
2014 / Oil on canvas / 59″x34″x7″ / Private collection
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 15
A Ride by North Philly Rows by Ron Tarver
1993 / Archival ink jet print / 28″x30″ / The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 13
The Colonel’s Cabinet by Renée Stout
1991-1994 / Mixed media: carpet, chair, painting, and cabinet with found and handmade objects
67 1⁄2″x60″x50 1⁄2″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 11
A Young Woman Between Carrolburg Place
and Half Street, Washington, D.C.
by Dawoud Bey
1989 / Gelatin silver print / Image: 17″x22″
Various collections, including Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
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American Artist Appreciation Month~ August 6
Untitled by Ed Clark
1957 / Oil on canvas and paper, on wood / 46″x55″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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National Culinary Arts Month~ July 30
Cutting Squash (Leah Chase) by Gustave Blache III
2010 / Oil on panel / 8 1/2″x10″ / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
The Misty Miss Christy 