Curatorial records of Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon foundation, exhibition, 1926-1990 and undated.

Newark museum

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Related to the work of the Newark Museum's educational loan collection was the establishment of several "branch museums" between 1929 and 1969. During this period, the staff created temporary displays for the benefit of residents who could not easily travel to the museum. Branches were installed in regional libraries, schools, and storefronts, utilizing objects lent from the collections. The program continued for over forty years, until the work of assembling portable exhibits was taken over by ...

Harmon Foundation

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The Harmon Foundation was created in 1925 by William E. Harmon to advance the recognition of artwork produced by unrecognized groups such as African Americans. From the description of Harmon Foundation printed material, 1928-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502661 ...

Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989

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Born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; entered Chicago Art Institute in 1924; successful sculptor whose works are displayed in several prominent collections. From the description of Collection, 1927-1980. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 17165010 B. 1901 d. 1989. From the description of Richmond Barthe artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432677 ...

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...

Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987

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Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007

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The sketchbook was produced during a residency at the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston, Mass. From the description of An artist's sketchbook of the South End [graphic] : a walking tour about black people / Allan Rohan Crite. 1977. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44996367 Painter and illustrator, of Boston, Mass.; b. in Plainfield, N.J.; the Circuit Case Extension Cooperative, founded 1937, was a project bringing original art and cultural material to southern...

Waring, Laura Wheeler, 1887-1948

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Jennings, Wilmer, 1910-

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Wells, James Lesesne, 1902-1993

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Printmaker; Washington, D.C.; d. Jan. 20, 1993. From the description of Oral history interview with James Lesesne Wells, 1989 Nov. 16 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81848193 Wells, James Lesesne, 1902-1993 Jan. 20m, Printmaker of Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with James Lesesne Wells, 1989 Nov. 16 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397374 ...

Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931

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Edwin Augustus Harleston (1882-1931), African American artist and activist, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He married Elise Forrest (1891-), a photographer, in 1920. Edwina Harleston Whitlock (1916-2002), their niece, who was also known as "Gussie," was raised by the couple after her parents had died. Edwin Harleston was active in the Charleston Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), founded in 1917. Both Edwin and Elise also worked for the fa...

Jackson, May Howard, 1877-1931

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Hayden, Palmer C., 1890-1973

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Palmer C. Hayden (1890-1973) was a painter from New York, N.Y. He was born in Widewater, Va. First art instruction through correspondence courses. Studied 1925 with Asa Grant Randall at the Boothbay Art Colony, Maine, specialized in marine subjects. Lived in France, 1927-1932. Worked in the 1930s for easel painting divisions of federal art programs. From the description of Palmer C. Hayden papers, 1920-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123430306 ...

Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979

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Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), American artist. Don Freeman (1908-1978), American artist and author of children's book. From the description of Beauford Delaney letters to Don, Lydia, and Roy Freeman, 1950-1976 (bulk 1950-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164674 Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third child of the Reverend Samuel Delaney and Delia Johnson Delaney. He attended the Knoxville Colored School and la...

Hardrick, John W. (John Wesley), 1891-1968

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Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962

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Smith, Albert A. (Albert Alexander), 1896-1940

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Brown, Samuel Joseph, 1907-1994

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Jones, Lois Mailou

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d. June 9, 1998. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122311085 African American woman artist, of Washington, D.C.; b. 1905. From the description of Lois Mailou Jones papers, 1943-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949653 African American female visual artist, educator, scholar, and mentor; served as professor of art at the Howard Univ. College of Fine Arts from 1...

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 ...

Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898-

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Wright, Beryl J.

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Scott, William E. (William Edouard), 1884-1964

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William Edouard Scott was born in Indianapolis in 1884. He moved to Chicago and attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago. During his time in Chicago he painted murals around the city, one of which was Commerce, which is still lauded today as remarkable. He learned much of his palette and impressionist technique, during his travels to France. While abroad he studied at the Académie Julien and Académie Colarossi and was mentored by Henry O. Tanner, a famous African American artist who mov...

Reynolds, Gary A.

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Art historian; New York, N.Y. and Newark, N.J. Born 1949. Died 1990. Curator of painting and sculpture at the Newark Museum, N.J., 1983-1990; the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, 1977-1983, and curatorial assistant at the Brooklyn Museum, 1972-1977. Specialized in 19th and 20th century American painting. Wrote numerous articles on art. From the description of Gary A. Reynolds papers, 1973-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122995 ...

Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970

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James Amos Porter, African American artist and art historian, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 22, 1905, to Lydia and John Porter. After graduating from Howard University with a bachelor's degree in art in 1927, he went to New York City to continue studying art. He graduated from New York University with a Master of Arts in Art History in 1937. While studying in New York he met Dorothy Burnett, a librarian at the Harlem branch of The New York Public Library. They were married in 1929...

Burkes, Eugene Alexander, 1880-

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Dillon, Frank J., 1866-

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Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968

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Sculptor. From the description of Meta Warrick Fuller papers, 1938-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984149 Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was a productive sculptor for over seventy years whose work may be divided into distinct phases. Early works beginning in the 1890's dealt with the grotesque followed by her growing interest in African-American themes and more realism. Later she focused on religious subjects. Portraiture and mythological figures were also the ...

Artis, William E., 1914-1977

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Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977

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African-American artist Charles Henry Alston, nicknamed "Spinky," was born 28 November 1907 in Charlotte, N.C. He was the youngest of five children born to the Reverend Primus Priss Alston, who was born into slavery in Chatham County, N.C., and Anna Miller Alston. After Primus's death, Anna married Harry Pierce Bearden, artist Romare Bearden's uncle, and moved the family to New York in 1913. Charles Alston worked as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, and educator, gaining national...

Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977

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Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. b. Apr. 30, 1899, Mayfield, Ky. From the description of Ellis Wilson papers, 1927-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83790970 ...

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 a...

Dawson, Charles C., 1889-

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Artist, museum curator; Chicago, Ill. Studied at the Tuskegee Institute, the Art Students League of New York, and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dawson was a member of the art staff with the Chicago Engravers, a free-lance portrait painter, the Director of Arts and Crafts and Co-Administrator of the City of Chicago Work and Training Program of the National Youth Administration of Illinois, a member of the faculty of the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama as Artist-in-Reside...

Motley, Archibald John, 1891-1981

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Painter; Chicago, Ill. From the description of Archibald Motley interviews, 1978 Jan. 23-1979 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188409 From the description of Archibald Motley interviews, 1978 Jan. 23-1979 Mar. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394237 Archibald John Motley, Jr. (1891-1981) was an African-American painter born in New Orleans. His style varied over his career from genre scenes of African-American life to modern paintings o...