African-American art

**African-American art** is known visual artworks made by African-Amercian people. Some people have drawn traditions in Africa. Slave owners hired out many skilled African slave artisans.

## Galleries 
### Art 
#### Early African-American 

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 

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 

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 

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.