Wilmer Angier Jennings

Wilmer Angier Jennings (1910–1990) bụ onye Africa-American onye na-ebi akwụkwọ, onye na-ese ihe na ihe ihe mma.  Ọ bụ Rhode Island WPA goro ya ka o akwụkwọ akwụkwọ ndị a kanyere osisi nke na-egosi isiokwu nke ihe isi ike akụ na-akpa na ọha na eze ndị Africa-America.  [1] Ikpeazụ Jennings ti ị isiokwu ndị nke sitere n'ọdịnala omenala sitere n'ọnụ.  N'ime afọ ndị ikpeazụ ya, Jennings ile ihe nkiri mma, bụ nke mkpa ya ụzọ nke mkpa nke ọwara.

## Ndụ mbụ, Georgia na WPA
thumb| Ụlọ akwụkwọ Morehouse
Wilmer Angier Jennings mụrụ na November 13, 1910 na Atlanta, Georgia.  Nne na nna ya bụ Matilde na Levi Angier Jennings. 

 Ọ gara Morehouse College na Atlanta, Georgia, ebe ọ mmụta akwụkwọ na BS na 1933. [1] [2] Mgbe ọ na-aga Morehouse College, Jennings akwụkwọ akwụkwọ n'okpuru onye na-ese ihe bụ Hale Woodruff bụ onye akwụkwọ ya  na akwụkwọ nke modernism.

N'afọ 1934, na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ọganihu Na-ahụ Maka Ọrụ (WPA), Jennings na Wiidruff rụkọrọ ọrụ ọnụ na ihe ọrụ abụọ a ma nke na-ahụ uche na African-American  : The Negro in Modern American Life: Agriculture and Rural Life, Literature, Egwu na nka na nke abụọ, nke inwe Nrọ .  [1] [2] E egwu nke mbụ n'ime ha abụọ na David T. Howard School na Atlanta, Georgia mgbe nke abụọ na akwụkwọ nke Social Work na Mahadum Atlanta.  atụmatụ, a na-ebibi ha abụọ ugbu a.  N'oge ahụ ahụ na Atlanta, Jennings nwere ike izi ihe okike nke nyere aka na ike obodo.  Woodruff enweelarị ndị na-adịghị mma na ụmụ akwụkwọ ya nke ọ na-agụ onye-nwa na-ama.  N'ihi nke ahụ, Jennings nwere ike ịme enyi ya na Woodruff, onye ọkpara aha "Count" dị ka aha egwu, kama ya Hale.  [3] N'ihe gbasara mgbasa a, onye ɔkɔ ihe mere eme bụ Winifred L. Stoelting, hotara Woodruff na-ekwu:

[...] "Echetara m na ha chọrọ ịkpọ m 'Hale' ma ọ na-esiri m ike ime nke ahụ, ma Wilmer Jennings na-akpọ m mgbe niile 'Count,' ụdị aha na-ekpo ọkụ. Enwere m ekele mgbe niile n'ihi na ọ bụghị ya. naanị chọrọ [iji] mana ọ chọrọ ka ụdị mmekọrịta a malitere n'etiti anyị." 

Jennings gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na Woodruff n'oge ọrụ mbụ ya ma nwee ike igosi ihe osise mmanụ ya *Rendezvous,* 1942, na *Ụlọ Ọrụ Ngosipụta nke Ụlọ Ọrụ nke Mbụ nke Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Atlanta nke Negro Artists*, ihe ngosi nke Woodruff haziri. 

## Rhode Island
 Mgbe ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na Morehouse College, Jennings kwagara New England ịga Rhode Island School of Design na Providence, Rhode Island.  N'ebe ahụ, WPA goro ya ọrụ ebe o nwere ike ọrụ ndị na-amị anya ihe isi ike akụ na-ahụ ndị Africa-America n'oge na-enye mba n'obi.  [1] N'oge a, ọ na-ahụ aka osisi na usoro nke lino .  Ihe osise osisi na-eji nnukwu nghazi maka nhazi na n'ihi ya, Jennings nwere ike ike ahịrị ndị dị mkpa nke mkpa dị nro.  Ndụ ya ka, 1937 jiri usoro a Kil .  Otú ọ dị, Lino-cut, na-eji ngozi linoleum dị nro nke akara ike ike ya n'otu ahụ.  Jennings' Statuette, 1937, nwere ike mesie ike dị iche iche site n'ịmepụta ahịrị nkwuwa okwu efu.

Mkpọpụtara ndị Africa nwere ike Jennings wee agha ihe ọkpụkpụ Africa n'ahụ ya.  Ma Still Life, 1937 na Statuette, 1937 ihe ngosi nke ihe ọkpụkpụ Fang nke Africa na mgbakwunye na ihe ndị a na-ahụ na ihe ndị na-arụ ọrụ Gabon.  Nke a na-egwu vases, urns, nkata, ntụ ntụ ntụ, na textiles.

Jennings nwere ike n'ịgụ ihe na ndị nwere ifo ndị Africa-American nke Zora Neale Hurston dere na uri Sterling Brown na-emetụta ya.  Ihe osise osisi Jennings Just Plain Ornery, 1938, na- anya anya ọchịchị eji eje na ozi ifo site n'igosi, mule na mule isi ike.

Mgbe ọ kwagara Providence, Rhode Island n'etiti 1930s, Jennings nọchitere mmetụta nke mmepe obodo na obodo ojii na ụfọdụ ọrụ ya. Mbipụta ya gụnyere onyonyo nke ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri, saịtị ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ, ụzọ ịgba ọsọ, na mgbanwe nke ebe obibi. 

## Nhazi ọla na emechaa rụọ ọrụ
LlNa mgbakwunye na guzobe onwe ya dị ka onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ, Jennings kwadoro ezinụlọ ya site n'ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ọla. Site na 1943 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 1990, Jennings mepụtara usoro usoro ọhụrụ nke bara uru ụlọ ọrụ ọ na-arụ ọrụ maka, Ụlọ Ọrụ Imperial Pearl. Dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe ịchọ mma isi na onye na-emepụta ihe nlereanya, Jennings nwere ike ibelata ọkpụrụkpụ nke nkedo site na iji ihe eji akwa rọba mee ihe.

Na mgbe ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Rhode Island, o nwere ike onwe onwe ya otú e si tinye ola ndị dị ọnụ ahịa aha site n'iji ụzọ waksị furu efu .  Ọ ngalabakwara usoro iji agba beads enyo site na iji alabaster na iko nwere agba agba nke mebere agba jed ọhụrụ.  Nkwenye ya nke nkedo centrifugal na-anya ibe n'otu kpụrụ akpụ betakwara ọnụ ya.

. Mgbe Jennings merụọ aka nri ya na 1957, mgbaàmà onwe ya ka ọ na-ese ma na-ese aka ekpe, nke ọ ori na-eme ruo oge ọnwụ ya.  ndepụta ndị ọrụ ya mechara odida obodo na ọnọdụ nsogbu na eze nke obodo ya

## Ọnwụ na ihe nketa
Ọ nwụrụ na June 25, 1990 na Providence, Rhode Island. 

Jennings nwere nwa nwanyị aha ya bụ Corrine Jennings, onye bụ onye nhazi ntọala nke Kenkeleba House, Inc. na New York City, bụ nke na-adịghị akwụ ụgwọ maka igosi ọrụ nke ndị na-ese ihe n'Africa na-enweghị atụ.  Ụlọ Kenkeleba tọrọ ntọala na 1974 site na Joe Overstreet na Samuel C. Floyd na mgbakwunye na Corrine Jennings. Aha ya, Kenkeleba, sitere na akụrụngwa ọgwụgwọ nke osisi Seh-Haw nke toro na West Africa.

## Ihe ngosi

* 1935, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, New York 
* 1935, "Ihe nkọwa nka na Lynching", New York 
* 1939, " New York World's Fair ", New York World Fair Commission nke Rhode Island, Queens, New York 
* 1939, "Oge Negro Art", Washington DC 
* 1940, " American Negro Exposition ", Chicago, Illinois 
* 1942, "Ngosipụta Afọ Ọhụrụ nke Mahadum Atlanta nke mbụ site na Negro Artists", Mahadum Atlanta (Ugbu a Mahadum Clark Atlanta ), Atlanta, Georgia 
* 1946, "Negro Artist Comes of Age", Providence, Rhode Island 
* 1992–1994, “Bridges and Boundaries: African-Americans and American Jew”, ihe ngosi otu njem nke egosiri na New York Historical Society na New York City; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke ndị Juu na San Francisco; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka siri ike na Rochester; Ndị Juu Historical Society of Maryland na Eubie Blake National Museum and Cultural Center (ugbu a Eubie Blake Cultural Center) na Baltimore; National Afro-American Museum na Cultural Center na Wilberforce, Ohio; California Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum na Los Angeles; National Museum of American Jewish History (ugbu a Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History) na Philadelphia, na Chicago Historical Society (nke bụ Chicago History Museum) na Chicago.   

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