Tag Archives: Black Art History

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 19

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Hannibal by Ulysses Davis

1975-1985 / Mahogany and paint / 17 5/8”x14 3/4”x6 1/4” / King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Savannah, GA

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See also: February 19~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/19/february-19-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 18

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Employment of Negroes in Agriculture by Earle Richardson

1934 / Oil on canvas / 48”x32 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

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See also: February 18~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/18/february-18-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 17

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Harangue by Wilmer Angier Jennings

1941 / Wood engraving on paper / 8”x6 1/16” / RISD Museum, Providence, RI

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See also: February 17~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/17/february-17-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 16

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Harriet and Leon by Allan Rohan Crite

1941 / Oil on canvas / 36”x26” / Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA

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See also: February 16~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/16/february-16-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 15

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Young Queen of Ethiopia by James W. Washington, Jr.

1956 / Limestone on wood base / 16 1/2”x6 5/8”x9 3/4”
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

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See also: February 15~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/15/february-15-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 14

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Mrs. Simmons by Samuel Joseph Brown

c.1936 / Watercolor and pencil / 29 7/8”x20 3/4” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

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See also: February 14~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/14/february-14-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 13

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Rehearsal in Swing by Richard William Lindsey

1937 / Lithograph / Image: 11 5/8”x15” / Various collections incl. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

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See also: February 13~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/13/february-13-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 12

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Untitled by Beauford Delaney

c.1970 / Oil on canvas / 63 1/4”x51 1/4” / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

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See also: February 12~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/12/february-12-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 11

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Monday Morning Wash by Dox Thrash

c.1938-1939 / Color carborundum mezzotint / 11”x14”
Various collections, incl. Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

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See also: February 11~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/11/february-11-african-american-visual-artists/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 10

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Lift Every Voice and Sing by Augusta Savage
Photograph by Carl Van Vecthen

Postcard dated June 18, 1939 / 5 1/2”x3 1/2” / Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale, New Haven, CT

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“Augusta Savage at the Fair”~
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/fashion-food-famous-faces-pop-culture-fair/gallery/gallery-augusta
“Artist Augusta Savage and the Tragic Story of Her Lost Masterwork”~
http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/artist-augusta-savage-and-the-tragic-story-of-her-lost-masterwork/

See also: February 10~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/10/february-10-african-american-visual-artists/