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These artworks span three centuries of creative expression in various media, including painting, sculpture, textiles, and photography, and represent numerous artistic styles, from realism to neoclassicism, abstract expressionism, modernism, and folk art.
- Felrath Hines
Hines was an early and prominent member of Spiral, an...
- Echo I
Echo I - African American Art | Smithsonian American Art...
- The Colonel's Cabinet
The Colonel’s Cabinet is a narrative of exploration and...
- Singing Head
Elizabeth Catlett, Singing Head, 1980, black Mexican marble,...
- Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee - African American Art | Smithsonian American...
- Red Stripe With Green Background
Red Stripe with Green Background plays with perception. A...
- Whitfield Lovell
African American Masters focuses on black artists whose...
- Benny Andrews
Benny Andrews - African American Art | Smithsonian American...
- Felrath Hines
Looking to deepen your knowledge of Black artists? Explore the connections between eight pairs of artists in our collection. Some share a similar approach to artmaking, others a specific subject. A few even knew each other personally—two were roommates and two are closely related. Alma Thomas and Sylvia Snowden.
Explore Black art and artists in our collection, along with exhibitions, events, and resources for educators. Artists featured include Gordon Parks, Romare Bearden, Kara Walker, and more.
Aug 31, 2016 · The featured artworks cover centuries of creative expression, powerfully evoking themes both universal and specific to the African American experience. They include painting, sculpture, and textiles, and represent numerous artistic styles, ranging from realism to neoclassicism, abstract expressionism and modernism.
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Mar 1, 2024 · This year in particular, major American museums seem to have homed in on the power and importance of showing the work of hidden figures: Black artists who slipped through the cracks of institutional exhibition, collection, and validation during the peak of their creative careers.
Sep 30, 2021 · Resilience” is on display in the newly redesigned Visual Art and the American Experience gallery of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in...
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Jul 19, 2021 · The late African American artist Alma Thomas created the painting Air View of a Spring Nursery —a fragmented gradient of bright colors—in 1966. Looking at the rainbow-hued artwork...