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