African American artists exhibit announcements, 1927-1982.

Jackson, Robert Montgomery Smith, 1815-1865

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Robert A. Jackson of Aspen Grove, Mecklenburg County, Va., taught in Yazoo County, Miss., 1852-1857, and served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Artillery in 1862. From the description of Robert A. Jackson papers, 1822-1873 (bulk 1852-1862). WorldCat record id: 24673381 Surgeon, geologist, and author, of Blairsville, Pa. From the description of Jackson collection, 1847-1865. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record...

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

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African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a college-educated teacher and minister, and Sarah Miller Tanner, a former slave. Benjamin Tanner was very active in the African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church, eventually becoming a bishop, and the family often moved while Henry was a small child. They settled in Philadelphia, and as a teenager, Tanner spent his free time painting, drawing, and...

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

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A versatile and prolific artist, Gordon Parks, Sr., warrants his status as a cultural icon. The poet, novelist, film director, and preeminent documentary and fashion photographer was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children. Parks saw no reason to stay in Kansas after the death of his mother and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, at age sixteen to live with his sister. After a disagreement with his brother-in-law, Parks soon found himself homeless, supporting...

Carrington, C. Glenn, 1904-1975

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Social worker and collector of black Americana relating to the arts and culture. From the description of Papers, 1861-1977. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941059 Calvin Glenn Carrington was a notable gay African-American book collector, associated with such Harlem Renaissance figures as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Harold Jackman. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Carrington graduated from Howard Univ., worked as a social worker and reporter, an...

Bischoff, Eugene H.

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Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946

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Born in West Chester, Pa., in 1888 Pippin was a self-taught primitive painter. His fighting experiences in France during World War I greatly influenced his later paintings. During the war, he was wounded and lost the use of his right arm. When painting, he had to use his left hand to guide his right. He gained a national reputation as a "true American primitive" in the 1940s, when his bold narrative paintings of childhood memories, war experiences, heroes, African American genre scenes, and reli...

Bowling, Frank, 1936-

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Mayhew, Richard, 1934-

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Locke, Alain, 1885-1954

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Alain LeRoy Locke was an African-American professor of philosophy at Howard University. From the description of Alain LeRoy Locke photograph, and funeral orations brochure, 1952-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48822627 African American teacher, philosopher, author, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1898-1954). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939715 ...

Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001

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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001), African American artist, was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. He attended Hampton Institute in Virginia and started taking art classes under the tutelage of Viktor Lowenfeld. Lowenfeld moved to Pennsylvania State University, and Biggers followed him to study in the art department there. He received his doctorate from the University in 1954. A few years earlier, Biggers had moved to Houston, Texas to establish the art department at Texas Southern University. ...

White, Charles, 1918-1979

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Charles Wilbert White (1918-1979) was a painter and educator from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Wilbert White, 1965 Mar. 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80914917 African American painter and educator; Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Charles Wilbert White papers, [ca. 1930]-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79868172 ...

Overstreet, Joe

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Interviewee Joe Overstreet (1933- ) is an abstract artist in New York, N.Y. Interviewer Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former Executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Joe Overstreet, 2010 Mar 17-18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316830 ...

Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hale Woodruff, 1968 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394232 Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. Established one of the earliest art departments in a black college at Atlanta University during the 1930's. From the description of Hale Woodruff papers, 1927-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78813613 ...

Johnson, William H., 1901-1970

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William H. Johnson (1901-1970) was a painter, printmaker, typographer, and teacher from New York, N.Y. From the description of William H. Johnson papers, 1922-1971, bulk 1926-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646393606 From the description of William H. Johnson papers, 1922-1971, bulk 1926-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233006977 William H. Johnson (b. 1901-d. 1970), African-American Harlem Renaissance painter. From the description of Johnson, W...