Faith Ringgold (Born 1930), African-American visual artist, author, illustrator, and social activist
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/faith-ringgold
Tar Beach 2 / 1990 / Multicolored screenprint on silk, printed cotton, synthetic moire / 66”x67”
Sam Gilliam (Born 1933), Innovative African-American painter, part of the Washington Color School
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/sam-gilliam-1811
10/27/69 / 1969 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 140”x185”x16″
Twentieth century artist John Thomas Biggers was an educator, painter and muralist. His travels in Africa in the 1950s influenced the depiction of social and cultural themes in his work.
John Thomas Biggers was born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1924. The youngest of seven children, Biggers enrolled in Hampton Institute where he initially studied plumbing. However, he found that his true love was art and soon changed his major.
http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/biggers-john-thomas-1924-2001#sthash.y5ZFuPZn.dpuf
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http://thejohnsoncollection.org/john-biggers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Biggers
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″
The Misty Miss Christy 