February 10~ African-American visual artists

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”

February 9~ African-American visual artists

Alma Thomas (1891-1978), African-American avant-garde painter and educator
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/alma-woodsey-thomas/

Atmospheric Effects I / 1970 / Acrylic and pencil on paper / 22 1/8”x30 3/8”

Walter Ellison (1899–1977)
African-American painter and designer
https://www.chicagomodern.org/artists/walter-ellison

Train Station / 1935 / Oil on cardboard / 8”x14” in.

February 7~ African-American visual artists

James Van Der Zee (1886-1983)
African-American photographer during the Harlem Renaissance
http://www.howardgreenberg.com/artists/james-van-der-zee

Evening Attire / 1922 / Gelatin silver print / 8”x10”

 

Sargent Johnson (1888-1967)
African-American sculptor in early 20th century San Francisco
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sargent-Johnson

Forever Free / 1933 / Wood and paint / 36”x11 1/2”x9 1/2”

February 6~ African-American visual artists


Arthur Paul Bedou (1880?-1966), African-American photographer based out of New Orleans
http://www.creolegen.org/2013/07/01/the-photographer-arthur-paul-bedou-1880-1966/

Booker T. Washington on Horseback / 1915 / Gelatin silver print / 7 1/2”x9 9/16″

Clementine Hunter (c.1887–1988),  Self-taught African-American folk artist
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/clementine-hunter

Bringing Cotton to the Gin / Oil on artist’s board / 16”x24”

February 5~ African-American visual artists

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), First African-American painter to gain international acclaim
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ossawa-Tanner

The Annunciation / 1898 / Oil on canvas / 57”x71 1/4”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Wheeler Waring (1877-1948)
African-American artist, illustrator, and educator
http://tmlarts.com/laura-wheeler-waring/

Portrait of Alma Thomas / c.1945 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25 1/8”

February 4~ African-American visual artists

Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907)
Neoclassical African-American and Native American sculptor
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmonia-Lewis

Hiawatha / 1868 / Marble / 13 3/4”x7 3/4”x5 1/2”

 

 

Bill Traylor (1853/54-1949)
African-American self-taught artist
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/bill-traylor-4852

Untitled (Radio) / 1939–42 / Opaque watercolor & pencil on printed advertising cardboard / 32 1/2”x24 1/2”

February 3~ African-American visual artists

Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901), African-American painter of landscapes and pastoral subjects
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/edward-mitchell-bannister-226

Scene along the Connecticut River, Westmoreland / c.1870 / Oil on canvas / 30”x20”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harriet Powers (1837-1910), African-American folk artist and quilt maker
https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/harriet-powers/

Pictorial quilt / 1895–98 / Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliqued, embroidered, and quilted / 68 7/8”x105”

Loren MacIver: Born February 2, 1909

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Loren MacIver
(1909–1998)

Loren MacIver …was essentially a self-taught painter, having attended classes at the Art Students League only briefly at ages ten and eleven. Her work was included in group shows at New York’s Contemporary Arts Gallery in 1933 and 1942…The Museum of Modern Art acquired one of her works in 1935, well before her first one-person exhibition in 1938 at Marian Willard’s East River Gallery. From 1936 to 1939 she worked on the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.

http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/maciver-bio.htm

 

Tracking Loren MacIver~ http://brooklynrail.org/2008/03/artseen/tracking
Collection at The Met~ http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!/search?artist=MacIver,%20Loren$Loren%20MacIver

February 2~ African-American visual artists


Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872),  Nineteenth century African-American painter
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/NQJyYinFqXw_Lw

Landscape with Rainbow / 1859 / Oil on canvas / 30”x52 1/4”

 

James Presley “JP” Ball (1825-1904)
African-American photographer, abolitionist, and entrepreneur
https://danishimmigrants.weebly.com/montana.html

Three girls photographed in Helena, Montana

February 1~ African-American visual artists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Prince Demah (c.1745 – March 1778)

African-American painter active in Boston in the late 1700s
https://outofthearchives.org/2015/01/10/prince-demah-portrait-painter

Portrait of William Duguid / 1773 / Oil on canvas / 20 3/4”x15 3/4”x1 1/8”

 

Joshua Johnson (c.1763-c.1824)
Biracial American painter
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/joshua-johnson-2479

Mrs. Abraham White, Jr., and Daughter Rose / 1808-09 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25 1/2”