African-American art

**African-American art** nyɛla binshɛli niriba ni mali buɣisiri African Americans ni daa nam lihigu nuchee ni baŋsim tuma shɛm.

## Galleries

### Art

#### Early African-American
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File:Edward Mitchell Bannister - Pleasant Pastures - 1983.95.66 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg|Painter **Edward Mitchell Bannister**, *Pleasant Pastures*, 1887.
File:Grafton Tyler Brown, Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1887.tif|Painter **Grafton Tyler Brown**, *Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park*, 1887.
File:SAAM-1983.95.182 1.jpg|Sculptor **Edmonia Lewis**, *Old Arrow Maker*, 1872.
File:The Annunciation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, W1899-1-1-pma, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|Painter **Henry Ossawa Tanner**, *The Annunciation*, 1898.


#### Harlem Renaissance
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File:Self-portrait by Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934, Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg|Self-portrait by painter **Malvin Gray Johnson**, 1934.
File:William H. Johnson.JPG|Photo by the painter **William H. Johnson**, 1931.
File:Evening Attire.jpg|Photographer **James Van Der Zee**'s photo of a woman in evening attire, 1922.
File:Three Friends, by William H. Johnson.jpg|**William H. Johnson**'s *Three Friends*, c. 1945.
File:"Getting Religion" - NARA - 559118.tif|**Archibald Motley**, *Gettin' Religion*, 1948.
File:Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Ethiopia Awakening.jpg|**Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller**'s *Ethiopia Awakening*, 1921.
File:Heirlooms by Laura Wheeler 1916 New York Watercolor Club Exhibition catalog.png|**Laura Wheeler**'s *Heirlooms*, 1916.


#### Contemporary
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File:The Artwork of Larry D. Alexander 005.jpg|**Larry D. Alexander**, *Send in the Clown*, 2007.
File:AdrianPiper65AliceDownRbtHole.png|**Adrian Piper**s *Alice Down the Rabbit Hole*, 1965.
File:Howardeena Pindell painting "Queens, Festival".jpg|**Howardeena Pindell**'s *Queens, Festival*, 2007.


### Artists

#### Harlem Renaissance
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File:Archives of American Art - Charles Alston - 2465 CROPPED.jpg|Painter, sculptor, illustrator and muralist **Charles Alston** in 1939.
File:Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 3156 CROPPED.jpg|Sculptor and character artist **Henry W. Bannarn** in 1937.
File:Richmond Barth, sculpturing - NARA - 559178.jpg|Sculptor **Richmond Barthé** working on a clay figure, n.d.
File:Romare Bearden.jpg|Artist **Romare Bearden**, photographed in his military uniform in 1944.
File:Leslie Bolling, wood whittler at work - NARA - 559230.jpg|Sculptor **Leslie Bolling** carving a sculpture, n.d.
File:BeaufordDelaney1952.jpg|Modernist painter **Beauford Delaney** in 1952.
File:Aaron Douglas - NARA - 559198.tif|Painter and illustrator **Aaron Douglas**, n.d.
File:Palmer Hayden, painting - NARA - 559179.jpg|Painter **Palmer Hayden** working on a landscape, n.d.
File:Sargent Johnson, painting - NARA - 559180.jpg|Artist **Sargent Johnson**, assessing his own sculpture, n.d.
File:Lois Jones, artist and teacher - NARA - 559227.jpg|Artist **Loïs Mailou Jones** in 1936.
File:Augusta Savage, H-HNE-20-87.jpg|Sculptor **Augusta Savage**, photographed between 1935 and 1947.
File:Hale Woodruff, artist and teacher - NARA - 559225.jpg|Painter **Hale Woodruff** at work on a canvas, c. 1936. 


#### Contemporary
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File:MarkBradfordPortrait4.jpg|Painter and collagist **Mark Bradford** in 2016.
File:Cole Portrait 3.jpg|Sculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist **Willie Cole** in 2004.
File:5 STAR STUDIO SHOT.jpg|Artist **Leonardo Drew** in Brooklyn studio in 2012.
File:David C. Driskell.jpg|Artist, scholar and curator **David C. Driskell** in 2016.
File:Jerry Harris 2008.jpeg|Sculptor and collagist **Jerry Harris** in 2008.
File:20081202 Rashid Johnson at the Rubell Family Collection.jpg |Conceptual post-black artist **Rashid Johnson** in 2008.
File:Eugene J. Martin.jpg|Painter, collagist and draftsman **Eugene J. Martin** in 1990.
File:Sana Musasama and Janet Olivia Henry for OHP.png|Artists **Sana Musasama** and **Janet Olivia Henry** in 2019.
File:Howardena Pindell at Rose Art Museum.jpg|Painter and mixed media artist **Howardena Pindell** in 2019.
File:AdrianPiper2005Berlin.png|Conceptual artist **Adrian Piper** in 2005.
File:Faith Ringgold, April 2017-1.jpg|Painter and mixed media sculptor **Faith Ringgold** in 2017.
File:Betye Saar.jpg|Assemblage artist **Betye** **Saar** in 2017.
File:Raymond Saunders, CCAC Oakland 1995.jpg|Multimedia painter **Raymond Saunders** in 1995.
File:LornaSimpsonApr09 cropped.jpg|Photographer and multimedia artist **Lorna Simpson** in 2009. 


## Lihimi m-pahi
*African-American culture
* African-American literature
* African-American music
* Black Abstractionism
* Black Arts Movement
*Black Art: In the Absence of Light
*Chicano art
* Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
* The Highwaymen (landscape artists)
* James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art
* List of African-American visual artists
* Visual art of the United States

## Kundivihira

## Sources
*Romare Bearden, Harry Henderson, *A History of African-American Artists. From 1792 to the Present*, New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.
* Driskell, David C. (2001), *The Other Side of Color: African American Art in the Collection of [[Camille Cosby|Camille O.]] and [[William H. Cosby Jr.]]* Pomegranate. 
*Sylvester, Melvin R. ''African Americans in Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective''. Long Island University. Retrieved January 23, 2005.
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## External links

*Secretary of State Glenda E. Hood Announces 2004 Hall of Fame Inductees
*Promoting Natural Florida Through the Arts
*Blog About African American Artists, Photographers, Galleries & Museums
*Jake Adam York, "Medicine as Memory: Radcliffe Bailey at Atlanta's High Museum of Art", *Southern Spaces*, January 26, 2012.