Tag Archives: Black American artists

24Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 24

Posted in National Culinary Arts Month by Christy

The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson by Romare Bearden

1964 / Collage of various papers with graphite on cardboard / 12 1/2″x15 3/4″ / Private collection

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22Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 22

Posted in National Culinary Arts Month by Christy

Sunday Morning Breakfast by Horace Pippin

1946 / Oil on fabric / 16″x20″ / Saint Louis Art Museum, MO

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20Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 20

Posted in National Culinary Arts Month by Christy

Young Pastry Cook by William H. Johnson

c.1928-1930 / Oil on canvas / 31 3⁄4″x22 5⁄8″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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19Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 19

Posted in National Culinary Arts Month by Christy

Barbecue by Archibald J. Motley Jr.

1934 / Oil on canvas / 39″x44″ / Collection of Howard University Gallery of Art, DC

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11Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 11

Posted in National Park & Recreation Month by Christy

A Yellowstone Geyser
by Grafton Tyler Brown

1887 / Oil on canvas / 28″x11″
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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24Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 24

Posted in Jazz Appreciation Month by Christy

Billie Holiday ~ The Original Recordings

1973 / Columbia C 32060 / Vinyl LP / Cover Art by Romare Bearden

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24Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 24

Posted in National Poetry Month by Christy

Portrait of Langston Hughes by Gordon Parks

1943 / digital file from original safety film negative / Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, D.C

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Langston Hughes~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes

15Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 15

Posted in National Poetry Month by Christy

Alice Dunbar Nelson by Laura Wheeler Waring

1927 / Oil on canvas / 24 9/16″x20 1/4″ / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC

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Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alice-moore-dunbar-nelson

12Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 12

Posted in National Poetry Month by Christy

Paul Laurence Dunbar by Richmond Barthé

1928 / Painted plaster / 18″x7 3/4″x9″ / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

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Paul Laurence Dunbar~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar

21Mar2020

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 21

Posted in #5WomenArtists, Women Artists by Christy

Augusta Savage by Gwendolyn Knight

1967 / Oil on canvas / 24”x18” / Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA

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See also: March 21~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/21/march-21-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/