Douglas, Aaron, 1971-...
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Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1898, Aaron Douglas became the most celebrated artist-illustrator to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance. He attended the University of Nebraska (F.B.A.), Columbia University Teachers College (M.A.) and l'Academie Scandinave in Paris. Douglas' career spanned sixty years of painting, drawing and illustrating. He created numerous murals, usually of allegorical scenes on the historical life or cultural background of African Americans. In 1937 Douglas became a professor of art and chairman of the Art Department at Fisk University (Nashville, Tenn.) where he remained until 1966, when he retired as professor emeritus. Fisk University bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts upon him in 1973. Douglas died in Nashville, Tenn. in 1979.
From the description of Aaron Douglas papers, 1924-1939. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652264
Painter and professor at Fisk University; b. 1899; d. 1979.
From the description of Aaron Douglas papers, 1921-1973. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971642
Painter, muralist, illustrator; Nashville, Tenn.; b. 1899; d. 1979.
Leading painter of the Harlem Renaissance. Chairman of Fisk University Art Department, 1937-1966.
From the description of Aaron Douglas papers, 1921-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78264031
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Subjects:
- African American artists
- African American arts
- African American painters
- African Americans in art
- Art, American
- Art
- Art
- Artists
- Educators
- Ethnic arts
- Greek letter societies
- Harlem Renaissance
- Illustrators
- Muralists
- Painters
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- African American painters
- Art teachers
- Departmental chairmen (Universities)
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- United States (as recorded)
- Tennessee--Nashville (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Tennessee--Nashville (as recorded)
