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African American Artists Educational Art History Posters
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art index > African American Artists < Black History < social studies < art education resource links
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Educational posters of African American Artists with masterpiece reproductions and biographies in the series “African American Artists” - Edward Bannister, Romare Bearden, Allan Rohan Crite, Minnie Evans, Palmer Hayden, Malvin G. Johnson, William H. Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Alma Woodsey; Lois Mailou Jones in the Notable Women Artists series; and Aaron Douglas, Augusta Savage and James Vanderzee in the Stars of the Harlem Renaissance; and Henry Ossawa Tanner - for the classroom and home schoolers in the study of art and Black History.
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Edward Mitchell Bannister
b. 1828; New Brunswick, Canada
d. 1-9-1901; Providence, RI
Edward Bannister, who admired Millet and the Barbizon School, did mostly pastoral scenes, seascapes, and daily life (genre) works along with portraits and biblical/mythological paintings. Bannister, who is considered an autodidact, or one who self-directed his learning, drew much of his iconography from Spenser, Virgil, Ruskin and Tennyson.
• Edward Mitchell Bannister
• weather posters
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Romare Bearden -
b. 9-2-1911; Charlotte, NC
d. 3-12-1988; NY (bone cancer)
Artist Romare Bearden, influenced by Cubism and Harlem’s jazz scene, is considered one of the most prominent African-American artists of 20th century. Bearden was also a writer, songwriter, book illustrator, political cartoonist, theater designer, humanitarian and played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
• Allan Rohan Crite: Artist-Reporter of the African American Community
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Minnie Evans (née Kelley)
b. 1890; Pender Co., NC
d. 1987; Wilmington, NC
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Malvin Gray Johnson
b. 1-28-1896; Greensboro, NC
d. 1934; NY
Malvin Gray Johnson was a member of the Harlem Renaissance.
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African American Artists - Palmer Hayden - The Janitor Who Paints
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Palmer Hayden
b. 1-15-1890; Virginia (?)
d. 2-18-1973
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Augusta Savage
b. 2-29-1892, Green Cove Springs, FL
d. 1962
While Augusta Savage is mostly known as a sculptor, she was also a wonderful art teacher and a tirelss supporter of the rights of all artists, expecially black artist. But she was lucky that she was able to pursue her art at all. She grew up in Florida with thirteen brothers and sisters. Her father was a strict Methodist minister who believed that the Bible forbade creating “graven images.” He punished Augusta whevever he found any of the small clay figurines she made as a child. But she did not let that get in her way. As she got older, she won awards for her work – and she also won her father's approval. She headed north to Harlem in 1921.
Savage's talent won her scholarships and friends among Harlem's elite. She was hired to sculpt the likenesses of some of the major black political figures of the time, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. Then, in 1923, she applied for a special summer arts program in France. When the selection committee found out Savage was black, however, her application was rejected. the controversy became front-page news in New York, as many scholars and community leaders rallied to her cause. But it wasn't until six years later that she was finally able to study in France.
In her later years, Savage spent more of her time teaching than sculpting. She founded a school that became the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest art center in the United States. One of her students, Jacob Lawrence, went on to become perhaps the most successful African American painter of all time. The art world lost a major figure when Augusta Savage died in 1962.
• more Stars of the Harlem Renaissance posters
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Aaron Douglas
b. 5-26-1899, Topeka, KS
d. 2-22-1979
Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1899. Inspired by the great black American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, Douglas became interested in art at an early age. His parents encouraged him by hanging his painting all over the house. Douglas graduated from the Universtiy of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1922 with a degree in fine arts. He was teaching art at Lincoln High School in Topeka when his friends in New York convinced him that New York was the place for a young black artist to be. He moved there in 1926, and he became one of the top artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Aaron Douglas took many different influences, from ancient Egyptian art and African sculpture to European cubism, and mixed them all thogether to create his own style. He is best known today for his murals, or large painting on walls. Douglas painted his murals in hotels, clubs, and libraries from Harlem to Chicago and Nashville. He was also a popular magazine and book ilustrator, He designed the covers for many of the most important books of the Harlem Renaissance and created bold work for magazines such as Vanity Fair; Fire!; and The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP.
In 1941, Aaron Douglas founded the art department at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Fisk, he helped countless young artists learn their craft. He retired from active teaching in 1966 and died in 1979.
• Aaron Douglas: Art. Race, and the Harlem Renaissance
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