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By LAUREN FEDOR Romare Bearden’s ‘Jazz Musician at Piano’ is expected to fetch $15,000-$25,000 at Swann Auction Galleries. Lovers of art and music will unite this week at “Out of the Blue: Modern Art Jazz,” a sale at Swann Auction Galleries on East 25th Street. Thursday afternoon’s auction will feature 76 pieces by African-American artists …
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By DAVID YEZZINew York Not long before Romare Bearden’s first major museum retrospective opened at the Museum of Modern Art in 1971, he peered out from a friend’s window overlooking Lennox Avenue in Harlem and made a few small sketches. The friend was the writer and critic Albert Murray, and the sure-handed, vibrant drawings—made with …
Sunday, August 1, 2010 12:30 to 5:30 PM6353 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144267-297-0188 View Art Up for Bid This is a premiere collectors art AUCTION series featuring some of the following artist…. Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White, Lois Jones, Ernie Barnes, John Biggers, William Tolliver, Ben Britt, Selma Burke, Andrew Turner, Benny …
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Paul R. Jones, art collector and Bessemer native, dies at 81 By Michael Huebner — The Birmingham News January 28, 2010, 1:45PM Paul R. Jones’ mission to showcase African-American artist is being realized at museums and galleries nationwide. His collection of photography by Bessemer native P.H. Polk is on display at “To Make a Picture,” …
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With artists from over 40 states and 6 countries, this year’s 22nd Annual Philadelphia Art Expoheld at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, proved to be a treat. This event did not disappoint. Such artists as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Cal Massey, and William Tolliver  made the trek to Philly to show their works to over 40,000 …
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By Dwayne Campbell INQUIRER STAFF WRITER POSTED: December 17, 2006 Saniah Johnson hopped from booth to booth at the 21st annual Philadelphia International Art Expo last month, taking in the plethora of paintings, sketches, serigraphs, sculptures and dolls created by African American artists. While Johnson, 32, appreciates the works of the Eakinses and Wyeths, she …
Mercer A. Redcross, III Vice President of Marketing October Gallery Native Philadelphian Mercer A Redcross, III co-founded the October Gallery with his wife, Evelyn, in 1985. The gallery’s first location was in the Powelton Village section of Philadelphia. Today, October Gallery is located the Germantown section of Philadelphia, where it continues to promote African American …
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Mercer A. Redcross III and Evelyn G. Redcross by Al Hunter Jr., Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: November 10, 2000 They met in college. He was class president. She was active in student council and her sorority. The attraction was mutual. “Evelyn had skills,” recalled Mercer Redcross of his future wife and business partner during …
www.octobergallery.com Site allows consumers to buy black art online by Valerie Lynn Gray  Posted: June 1, 1998 Art lovers will find a haven in an innovative site created by the October Gallery (68 N. Second St., 215-629-3939), a 13-year-old showroom in Philadelphia that features Fine Art and each December produces the Philadelphia Art Expo, …
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by Al Hunter Jr., Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: February 06, 1998 Something about “Trouble Ahead” bugged Terrie Rouse. After walking down the ramp to the third-floor gallery of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Rouse made a quick left, strolled over to the painting by Columbus Knox and carefully straightened it. “I want the …
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Lucien Crump Art Gallery By Alexis Moore, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: August 14, 1989 Ten years ago, Germantown’s Lucien Crump, artist, educator and entrepreneur, could have communicated with all of Philadelphia’s black art- gallery owners by talking to a mirror. These days, Crump has at least six competitors with galleries devoted to the work of …