Saluting the Creative Journeys of African American Artists
The art and words of African American artists who have studied or taught at the Art Students League
by LINEA STAFF | February 21, 2020
Norman Lewis, Evening Rendezvous, 1962, oil on linen, 50 1/4 x 64 1/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum
Vincent Smith, Soul Brothers, 1969,
oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. Alexandre Gallery, New York
Hughie Lee-Smith, Confrontations, ca. 1979, oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design
Charles Alston, Red, White, and Black, ca. 1960, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Students League of New York
Ernest Crichlow, Girl with Flowers, 1979. Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture
Elizabeth Catlett, Singing Head, 1980, black Mexican marble, 16 x 9 1/2 x 12 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum
Joseph Delaney, Lobby, Art Students League, 1965, oil on canvas. Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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FURTHER READING Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965–2016 (link)[1]
African-American Artists, 1929–1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (link)[2] Art by African Americans, Smithsonian American Art Museum (link)[3] Betye Saar: Black Girl’s Window(link)[4] Charles White: A Retrospective (link)[5]
Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic (link)[6]
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry (link)[7] The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (link)[8] Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (link)[9]