#BlackArt

The history of African American art is long and influential.   Here are some favorites (in no particular order).  Can you recognize their works?

 

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Kerry James Marshall (1955- )

Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

 

 

 

Kara Walker (1969-)

Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

Alma Thomas (1891-1978)

 

 

Kehinde Wiley (1977-  )

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Faith Ringgold (1930- )

Augusta Savage (1892-1962)

Archibald Motley (1891-1981)

Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017)

 

Volunteer at the Studio Museum in Harlem

 

Watch: Black Art:  In the Absence of Light (trailer)