The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art spans more than 150 years of African American art and includes prized pieces by Bannister, Duncanson, Bearden, Hunt.
Jacob Lawrence’s The Card Game depicts a group of four card players, two men and two...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
In her sculptures, prints and painting, artist Margaret Burroughs focused on the themes of...
Richard Hunt is an acclaimed and prolific sculptor best known for his commissioned public...
Hughie Lee-Smith’s paintings melded his understanding of more formal academic styles with his...
Sculptor, printmaker and painter Elizabeth Catlett is known for her adeptness at creating works...
Richard Hunt is an acclaimed and prolific sculptor best known for his commissioned public...
Mary Edmonia Lewis is considered the first African American to gain an international reputation...
Hughie Lee-Smith’s paintings melded his understanding of more formal academic styles with his...
Sculptor, printmaker and painter Elizabeth Catlett is known for her adeptness at creating works...
American painter Jacob Lawrence is best known for depicting narratives of the daily lives and...
Norman Lewis is considered the first major African American Abstract Expressionist. Lewis grew...
Seated Figure embodies many of the styles and media Charles Alston experimented with...
This drawing depicts three women in three different postures: full frontal, profile and rear...
Richard Hunt is an acclaimed and prolific sculptor best known for his commissioned public...
Marion Perkins was one of Chicago’s foremost Renaissance sculptors and was known for his compact...
Painter Edward Mitchell Bannister found much of the inspiration for his paintings in the...
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald encapsulates Beauford Delaney’s range of artistic styles,...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Considered one of the best still-life painters of the late 19th century, Charles Ethan Porter...
Painter Edward Mitchell Bannister found much of the inspiration for his paintings in the...
Artist Aaron Douglas created three images that are illustrations for the book of poems by James...
A self-taught painter from Louisiana, Clementine Hunter is known for her colorful and...
Considered one of the best still-life painters of the late 19th century, Charles Ethan Porter...
Painter Edward Mitchell Bannister found much of the inspiration for his paintings in the...
Artist Aaron Douglas created three images that are illustrations for the book of poems by James...
A self-taught painter from Louisiana, Clementine Hunter is known for her colorful and...
In 1885, Nelson A. Primus moved from Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked and studied portrait...
Throughout his career, Richmond Barthé was interested in the movement and stance of the body. He...
In this painting, Cortor depicts a domestic interior featuring an older woman and a young girl....
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Head of a Woman is indicative of Charles Sebree’s style in which he uses washes and...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art and...
Artist Aaron Douglas created three images that are illustrations for the book of poems by James...
Sargent Claude Johnson’s hammered copper masks retain the strong influence of African art and...
Educated at Howard University and Columbia University, Alma Thomas was associated with the...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art and...
Boy with Toy Plane highlights an important aspect of Aaron Douglas’ conceptual focus,...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Rendered in aqueous washes of gouache, Robert Thompson’s Reflections depicts simplified...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art and...
In this drawing Aaron Douglas pays homage to poet Langston Hughes and his poem The Negro...
Beginning in the 1930s, Johnson’s influence from Cubism and Mexican muralists became the impetus...
Miss X is one among many prints by Dox Thrash that portray honest and moving scenes of...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art and...
Robert Scott Duncanson was among the few African American painters with an active professional...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Predominantly known as an accomplished printmaker and renowned educator, James Lesesne Wells was...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art,...
Robert Scott Duncanson was among the few African American painters with an active professional...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Charles White is an acclaimed painter and muralist whose experience with the Works Progress...
Throughout his multifaceted career, Romare Bearden was known for his dedication to art,...
William H. Johnson returned to the United States in 1938 after living abroad in France and...
Edwin A. Harleston applied his academic artistic training to his realistic portraiture of...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Charles White is an acclaimed painter and muralist whose experience with the Works Progress...
Romare Bearden worked in a variety of mediums and styles, ranging from cartoons and oils to...
During William A. Harper’s brief life, he focused his artistic pursuits on representations of...
Based on biblical texts and his own memory of the Sunday sermons of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
Charles White is an acclaimed painter and muralist whose experience with the Works Progress...
Robert Blackburn was a graphic artist, a painter as well as the founder and director of the...
