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Hailing from Henderson, NC, Kelvin started painting at an early age. After over 20 years of service with the federal government, he resigned to pursue a full-time career as a fine artist. He established FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT Fine Art in 1995 as a distributor of artwork and to …
“As years go by, I see my art as a celebration of Black lifestyles. I try to capture the richness of the culture — the dance and music. I call it old spirit art, it represents a past, reflective …
Original Acrylic on Canvas Within a few years, Maurice Evans has established himself as a major force in the field of Black Art. Heavily influenced by music, his series of paintings entitled, “The Colour of Jazz”, although contemporary, tends to remind the viewer of a …
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has named artist Rashid Johnson as the 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. Named after the renowned african american artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize is an annual award that recognizes a scholar or artist in the beginning or middle of his or her …
Jacob Lawrence was born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey and died in 2000, Seattle, Washington. He was thirteen when he moved with his sister and brother to New York City. His mother enrolled him in classes at an arts and crafts settlement house in Harlem, in an effort to keep him busy. The …
Romare Bearden Art Quotes – (6 quotes) About the Artwork African-American artist Romare Bearden’s “Jammin’ at the Savoy” is an impassioned celebration of jazz’s revolutionary style. The work’s innovative spatial composition and spontaneous bursts of color, harmonies and dissonances replicate the music’s improvisational rhythms. Bearden (1911 …
My Work “I paint and draw things from my imagination, which is filled with bits and pieces of experiences that I’ve lived, juxtaposed with what I’m experiencing now, and projecting what I feel will happen in the future. While I …
Paul Goodnight Art has been Paul Goodnight’s saving grace in his recovery from his traumatic experience in Viet Nam when he lost his ability to speak from seeing the horrors of war. Though some thought he had lost his mind, he knew he hadn’t and began to communicate with his drawings of the horrors of …
Blacks In Media, Clifton Davis, Ice-T, Ralph Carter, Bernadette Stanis, Ella Joyce, Darrin Henson -October Gallery. Part One This was part of the 23rd Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo 2008. African American Art Expo.
William H. JohnsonIn many respects it can be said that William Henry Johnson had a tragic life. An artist whose subjects ranged from scenes of daily life in New York City to the rural South, his work did not receive widespread recognition until …
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2 March 2012 – by ArtfixDaily Staff Robert Scott Duncanson, The Apennines, Italy Estimate: $30,000-$50,000 Duncanson’s “The Apennines, Italy,” sold for $26,840 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. (Leslie Hindman Auctioneers) Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ inaugural auction featuring Works by African American artists was completely sold out, making it a “white glove” sale. Aggressive phone and internet bidding …
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Andrew Turner Paints Part One – October Gallery, African American Art
SOLD Ghana High Fashion Madonna Original on Canvas Size 30″ x 48″ Approx About the Artist: MOORESTOWN-Cal Massey said that the wonderful images that appear on his canvases come to him during his daily meditations. He jots them on notecards and stores them in a filing cabinet that stands near the easel in his …
As the History of Art Department’s non-Western requirements come under fire this semester, the department is continuing an effort to emphasize a more globalized approach to the study of art. This fall the department hired two new professors with backgrounds in African diaspora art: Erica James, founding director and chief curator of the National Art …
While all artists create their own works of art, Cuban American artist José Bedia is making the jump from artist to curator at the UCLA Fowler Museum. Bedia will be curating “Bedia Selects,” an exhibition at the Fowler consisting of more than 30 pieces, selected by Bedia himself from the museum’s collection. “Bedia Selects” also …
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